Interpenetrating plasma shells: Near-equipartition magnetic field generation and nonthermal particle acceleration

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 596, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages

  Silva, L O ^a   Fonseca, R A ^a   Tonge, J W ^b   Dawson, J M ^b   Mori, W B ^b   Medvedev, M V ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Instabilities; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142168059     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379156     Document Type: Article

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