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Particle acceleration by turbulent magnetohydro-dynamic reconnection
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Goldstein, M. L. Matthaeus, W. H. Ambrosiano, J. J. |
| Copyright Year | 1984 |
| Description | Test particles in a two dimensional, turbulent MHD simulation are found to undergo significant acceleration. The magnetic field configuration is a periodic sheet pinch which undergoes reconnection. The test particles are trapped in the reconnection region for times of order an Alfven transit time in the large electric fields that characterize the turbulent reconnection process at the relatively large magnetic Reynolds number used in the simulation. The maximum speed attained by these particles is consistent with an analytic estimate which depends on the reconnection electric field, the Alfven speed, and the ratio of Larmor period to the Alfven transit time. |
| File Size | 595218 |
| Page Count | 17 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19840018341 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7zm05x75 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1984-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Plasma Physics Interpolation Magnetohydrodynamics Turbulence Magnetohydrodynamic Waves Reynolds Number Vorticity Trajectories Particle Acceleration Magnetic Fields Electric Fields Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
