Electron Acceleration by Strong DC Electric Fields in Extragalactic Jets

Details Electron Acceleration by Strong DC Electric Fields in Extragalactic Jets Electron Acceleration by Strong DC Electric Fields in Extragalactic Jets

May 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000iaus..195..311l&link_type=abstract

Highly Energetic Physical Processes and Mechanisms for Emission from Astrophysical Plasmas, Proceedings of IAU Symposium #195, h

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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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.

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