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Electron Acceleration by Strong DC Electric Fields in Extragalactic Jets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Y. E. Litvinenko
Y. E. Litvinenko*
Affiliation:
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824-3525, U.S.A.

Abstract

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Fast magnetic reconnection in extragalactic jets leads to electron acceleration by the DC electric field in the reconnecting current sheet. The maximum electron energy (γ > 106) and the acceleration time (< 106 s) are determined by the magnetic field dynamics in the sheet.

Type
Part I: Talks
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 195: Highly Energetic Physical Processes and Mechanisms , 2000 , pp. 311 - 312
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000 

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