"Island surfing" mechanism of electron acceleration during magnetic reconnection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Oka, M ^a   Fujimoto, M ^b   Shinohara, I ^b   Phan, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 77956082373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015392     Document Type: Article

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