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Electron acceleration from contracting magnetic islands during reconnection

J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak, H. Che and M. A. Shay

Nature 443, 553-556(5 October 2006)

doi:10.1038/nature05116

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Figure 1

Computer simulations of island formation and electron acceleration during magnetic reconnection.

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Test particle orbits and energy gain of Fermi accelerated electrons.

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Figure 3

Electron Fermi acceleration in squashed flux bubbles.

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Figure 4

Particle acceleration in a multi-island reconnection geometry.

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