Particle acceleration in a reconnecting current sheet: PIC simulation

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 619-636

  Siversky, Taras V ^a   Zharkova, Valentina V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED ELECTRONS; CURRENT SHEETS; EJECTED ELECTRONS; ELECTRON EJECTION; ELECTRON MASS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; LANGMUIR WAVES; MAGNETIC TOPOLOGIES; MEAN ENERGY; PARTICLE ACCELERATION; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; PARTICLE-IN-CELL; PIC SIMULATION; POLARIZATION FIELD; RECONNECTING CURRENT SHEETS; TEST PARTICLES; THREE COMPONENT;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ION BEAMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; PARTICLE BEAM DYNAMICS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA JETS; POLARIZATION; PROTONS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 74149083376     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: 14697807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022377809008009     Document Type: Article

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