PARTICLE-ACCELERATION AND TRANSPORT IN RECONNECTING PLASMAS

Authors
FLETCHER L PETKAKI P
Citation
L. Fletcher et P. Petkaki, PARTICLE-ACCELERATION AND TRANSPORT IN RECONNECTING PLASMAS, Solar physics, 172(1-2), 1997, pp. 267-270
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Solar physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00380938
Volume
172
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
267 - 270
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-0938(1997)172:1-2<267:PATIRP>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We model the behaviour of particles in and around X-type magnetic conf igurations, a possible solar flare reconnection geometry. Particles ar e accelerated by a time-varying electric field close to the neutral po int, and followed by integrating the equations of motion. When their m otion becomes adiabatic a stochastic simulation is used to model their further transport in a collisional magnetised medium.