Particle acceleration in the magnetosphere

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Part of book or chapter of book 01 Jan 1992Publisher:AIPJournal:AIP Conference Proceedings, volume 264, pages 15-26 (issn: 0094-243X,

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Authors: Büchner, J.;

doi: 10.1063/1.42747

handle: 11858/00-001M-0000-0014-F229-2

Particle acceleration in the magnetosphere

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Abstract

Observations in the Earth’s magnetosphere provide the unique opportunity of investigating particle acceleration in situ. In comparison with measurements in the tail of the Earth’s magnetosphere we discuss the scaling laws of acceleration in current sheets and due to reconnection. We show how different processes provide energy gains at all observed energy levels, up to several MeV. Extrapolating the obtained scaling laws to astronomical scales we demonstrate that reconnection should be relevant for cosmic particle acceleration in general.

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Max Planck Society
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Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Germany

Keywords

Sun and Heliosphere, Theory: Sim Sol Sys Plasma, Planets and Comets

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