PARTICLE ORBITS, TRAPPING, AND ACCELERATION IN A FILAMENTARY CURRENT SHEET MODEL

Authors
KLIEM B
Citation
B. Kliem, PARTICLE ORBITS, TRAPPING, AND ACCELERATION IN A FILAMENTARY CURRENT SHEET MODEL, The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series, 90(2), 1994, pp. 719-728
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series → ACNP
ISSN journal
00670049
Volume
90
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
719 - 728
Database
ISI
SICI code
0067-0049(1994)90:2<719:POTAAI>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Test particle orbits in the two-dimensional Fadeev equilibrium with a perpendicular electric field added are analyzed to show that impulsive bursty reconnection, which has been proposed as a model for fragmenta ry energy release in solar hares, may account also for particle accele ration to (near) relativistic energies within a fraction of a second. The convective electric field connected with magnetic island dynamics can play an important role in the acceleration process.