Acceleration of charged particles in Mercury's magnetosphere

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Sep 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986jgr....91.9973e&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 91, Sept. 1, 1986, p. 9973-9993.

Physics

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Charged Particles, Mercury (Planet), Particle Acceleration, Planetary Magnetospheres, High Energy Electrons, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetoelastic Waves, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Plasma Currents

Scientific paper

A detailed analysis is presented of the measurements of the high-intensity bursts of electrons with energies of up to 600 keV, discovered in Mercury's magnetosphere during the two nightside encounters of the Mariner 10 with the planet in 1974 and 1975 (Simpson et al., 1974; Simpson, 1975; and Christon and Simpson, 1979). The results provide strong evidence for particle acceleration during explosive magnetic field reconnection within Mercury's magnetotail and suggest a rapid release of magnetic free energy through instabilities occurring in regions of magnetic field reconnection in the planetary magnetotail.

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