Electron acceleration from contracting magnetic islands during reconnection

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7111, 2006, Pages 553-556

  Drake, J F ^a   Swisdak, M ^b   Che, H ^a   Shay, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTRON ENERGY ANALYZERS; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMAS;

ELECTRON VOLTS; ENERGY SPECTRA; MAGNETIC ENERGY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTRON DENSITY; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMA; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33749535438     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05116     Document Type: Article

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