MHD turbulence, reconnection, and test-particle acceleration

Details MHD turbulence, reconnection, and test-particle acceleration MHD turbulence, reconnection, and test-particle acceleration

Aug 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992aipc..264..261g&link_type=abstract

In: Particle acceleration in cosmic plasmas; Proceedings of the Workshop, Bartol Research Inst., Newark, DE, Dec. 4-6, 1991 (A93

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Cosmic Rays, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence, Particle Acceleration, Three Dimensional Models, Homogeneous Turbulence, Maxwell Equation

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We examine homogeneous MHD turbulence and turbulent magnetic reconnection as possible mechanisms for accelerating cosmic ray particles. Test particle calculations are performed using fields from MHD simulations, and initially Maxwellian particle distributions are shown to evolve into power-law distributions. Simple estimates for both the maximum energy attainable and the mean energies of the accelerated particles are fairly successful and are consistent with timescales for flares and cosmic rays.

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