Fast magnetic reconnection and energetic particle acceleration

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 537-546

  Lazarian, A ^a   Kowal, G ^a,b,c   Vishniac, E ^d   De Gouveia Dal Pino, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Cosmic rays; Magnetic reconnection

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS COSMIC RAYS; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; FAST RECONNECTION; FERMI ACCELERATION; FIRST ORDER; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; WEAK TURBULENCE;

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 79953690496     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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