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astro-ph.SR2024★ 11 cited
Magnetic reconnection-driven energization of protons up to 400 keV at the near-Sun heliospheric current sheet
M. I. Desai, J. F. Drake, T. Phan +22
We report observations of direct evidence of energetic protons being accelerated above ~400 keV within the reconnection exhaust of a heliospheric current sheet (HCS) crossing by NA…
astro-ph.SR2010★ 285 cited
Electron Acceleration by Multi-Island Coalescence
M. Oka, T. -D. Phan, S. Krucker +2
Energetic electrons of up to tens of MeV are created during explosive phenomena in the solar corona. While many theoretical models consider magnetic reconnection as a possible way…
astro-ph.SR2010★ 81 cited
`Island Surfing' Mechanism of Electron Acceleration During Magnetic Reconnection
M. Oka, M. Fujimoto, I. Shinohara +1
One of the key unresolved problems in the study of space plasmas is to explain the production of energetic electrons as magnetic field lines `reconnect' and release energy in a exp…