Collisionless magnetic field reconnection from first principles: What it can and cannot do
Plasma Physics
2007-05-23 v1 Space Physics
Abstract
The underlying concepts of collisionless magnetic field reconnection in the vicinity of the diffusion regions are developed qualitatively from first principles. One conclusion of this analysis is that energetic ions and electrons observed in the terrestrial magnetosphere or from the sun are not accelerated to the observed energies in the diffusion regions.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0606047,
title = {Collisionless magnetic field reconnection from first principles: What it can and cannot do},
author = {F. S. Mozer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0606047},
year = {2007}
}
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11 pages, 11 figures