Experimental observation of energetic ions accelerated by three-dimensional magnetic reconnection in a laboratory plasma

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 577, Issue 1 II, 2002, Pages

  Brown, M R ^a   Cothran, C D ^a   Landreman, M ^a   Schlossberg, D ^a   Matthaeus, W H ^b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Cosmic rays; Magnetic fields; Methods: laboratory; MHD; Plasmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041738898     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344145     Document Type: Article

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