Stochastic Acceleration in Turbulent Electric Fields Generated by 3-D Reconnection

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dc.creatorOnofri, Marco
dc.creatorIsliker, Heinz
dc.creatorVlahos, Loukas
dc.date2006-04-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:43:47Z
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dc.descriptionElectron and proton acceleration in three-dimensional electric and magnetic fields is studied through test particle simulations. The fields are obtained by a three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulation of magnetic reconnection in slab geometry. The nonlinear evolution of the system is characterized by the growth of many unstable modes and the initial current sheet is fragmented with formation of small scale structures. We inject at random points inside the evolving current sheet a Maxwellian distribution of particles. In relatively short time (less than a millisecond) the particles develop a power law tail. The acceleration is extremely efficient and the electrons absorb a large percentage of the available energy in a small fraction of the characteristic time of the MHD simulation, suggesting that resistive MHD codes, used extensively in the current literature, are unable to represent the full extent of particle acceleration in 3D reconnection.
dc.descriptionaccepted for publication in Physical Review Letters
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0604192
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0604192
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.96:151102,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.151102
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/182365
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleStochastic Acceleration in Turbulent Electric Fields Generated by 3-D Reconnection
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