Magnetic field reconnection: A first-principles perspective

• Autores: Forrest S. Mozer, Phillip L. Pritchett
• Localización: Physics today, ISSN 0031-9228, Vol. 63, Nº. 6, 2010, pág. 34
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Recent satellite missions and computer simulations of charged-particledynamics in Earth's magnetosphere are helping unravel the mysteries behind the breaking and reforming of magnetic fieldlines and the concomitant acceleration of electrons to high energies.