Suprathermal electron acceleration during reconnection onset in the magnetotail

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1917-1925

  Vaivads, A ^a   Retino A ^b,c   Khotyaintsev, Yu V ^a   Andre M ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetotail); Space plasma physics (Magnetic reconnection)

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ELECTRON; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL;

EID: 80155137387     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-1917-2011     Document Type: Article

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