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In Situ Evidence of Ion Acceleration between Consecutive Reconnection Jet Fronts
Univ Paris Sud, Lab Phys Plasmas, CNRS, Ecole Polytech,Sorbonne Univ,Observ Paris, Paris, France.;Univ Calabria, Dipartimento Fis, Arcavacata Di Rende, Italy..
Univ Paris Sud, Lab Phys Plasmas, CNRS, Ecole Polytech,Sorbonne Univ,Observ Paris, Paris, France..ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5824-2852
Univ Calabria, Dipartimento Fis, Arcavacata Di Rende, Italy..
Univ Paris Sud, Lab Phys Plasmas, CNRS, Ecole Polytech,Sorbonne Univ,Observ Paris, Paris, France..
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2021 (English)In: Astrophysical Journal, ISSN 0004-637X, E-ISSN 1538-4357, Vol. 908, no 1, article id 73Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Processes driven by unsteady reconnection can efficiently accelerate particles in many astrophysical plasmas. An example is the reconnection jet fronts in an outflow region. We present evidence of suprathermal ion acceleration between two consecutive reconnection jet fronts observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission in the terrestrial magnetotail. An earthward propagating jet is approached by a second faster jet. Between the jets, the thermal ions are mostly perpendicular to magnetic field, are trapped, and are gradually accelerated in the parallel direction up to 150 keV. Observations suggest that ions are predominantly accelerated by a Fermi-like mechanism in the contracting magnetic bottle formed between the two jet fronts. The ion acceleration mechanism is presumably efficient in other environments where jet fronts produced by variable rates of reconnection are common and where the interaction of multiple jet fronts can also develop a turbulent environment, e.g., in stellar and solar eruptions.

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American Astronomical Society , 2021. Vol. 908, no 1, article id 73
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Space plasmas, Plasma jets, Solar magnetic reconnection
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Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-292057DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abce5aISI: 000618345100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85101512751OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-292057DiVA, id: diva2:1540541
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Available from: 2021-03-29 Created: 2021-03-29 Last updated: 2022-06-25Bibliographically approved

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