Artículos de revistas
Fast magnetic reconnection and energetic particle acceleration
Date
2011Registration in:
PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE, v.59, n.7, Special Issue, p.537-546, 2011
0032-0633
10.1016/j.pss.2010.07.020
Author
LAZARIAN, A.
KOWAL, G.
VISHNIAC, E.
PINO, E. de Gouveia Dal
Institutions
Abstract
Our numerical simulations show that the reconnection of magnetic field becomes fast in the presence of weak turbulence in the way consistent with the Lazarian and Vishniac (1999) model of fast reconnection. We trace particles within our numerical simulations and show that the particles can be efficiently accelerated via the first order Fermi acceleration. We discuss the acceleration arising from reconnection as a possible origin of the anomalous cosmic rays measured by Voyagers. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.