PARTICLE ORBITS NEAR A NEUTRAL POINT

Authors
PETKAKI P MACKINNON AL
Citation
P. Petkaki et Al. Mackinnon, PARTICLE ORBITS NEAR A NEUTRAL POINT, Space science reviews, 68(1-4), 1994, pp. 117-118
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Space science reviews → ACNP
ISSN journal
00386308
Volume
68
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
117 - 118
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-6308(1994)68:1-4<117:PONANP>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We study particle trajectories at an X-type neutral point, in the pres ence of a time-varying electric field. We present consequent distribut ions of electrons and protons, and suggest that a disturbance propagat ing through a neutral point may damp by particle acceleration.