ENERGY-SPECTRUM OF PARTICLES ACCELERATED NEAR A MAGNETIC X-LINE

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BRUHWILER, DL [1 ]
ZWEIBEL, EG [1 ]
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[1] UNIV COLORADO, DEPT ASTROPHYS PLANETARY & ATMOSPHER SCI, BOULDER, CO 80309 USA
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10.1029/92JA00828
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We study the acceleration of test particles near a static magnetic x line with a uniform electric field and a strong component of the magnetic field, B parallel-to, parallel to the x line. The energy spectrum of the accelerated particles is found analytically in the nonrelativistic limit, showing good agreement with numerical simulations. At high energies, the spectrum decays exponentially with a characteristic energy very different from that found in studies assuming B parallel-to = 0.
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页码:10825 / 10830
页数:6
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