A magnetic reconnection mechanism for ion acceleration and abundance enhancements in impulsive flares

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 700, Issue 1 PART 2, 2009, Pages

  Drake, J F ^a   Cassak, P A ^b   Shay, M A ^c   Swisdak, M ^a   Quataert, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Solar wind; Sun: corona; Sun: flares

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650069911     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/700/1/L16     Document Type: Article

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