Electron Acceleration by Interaction of Two Filamentary Currents Within a Magnetopause Magnetic Flux Rope

被引：4
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作者：
Wang, Shimou [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Wang, Rongsheng [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Lu, Quanming [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Burch, J. L. [4 ]
Cohen, Ian J. [5 ]
Jaynes, A. N. [6 ]
Ergun, R. E. [7 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Sci & Technol China, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Deep Space Explorat Lab, Hefei, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Sci & Technol China, CAS Ctr Excellence Comparat Planetol, CAS Key Lab Geospace Environm, Anhui Mengcheng Natl Geophys Observ, Hefei, Peoples R China
[3] Collaborat Innovat Ctr Astronaut Sci & Technol, Harbin, Peoples R China
[4] Southwest Res Inst, San Antonio, TX USA
[5] Johns Hopkins Univ, Appl Phys Lab, Laurel, MD USA
[6] Univ Iowa, Dept Phys & Astron, Iowa City, IA USA
[7] Univ Colorado, Lab Atmospher & Space Sci, Boulder, CO USA
来源：
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2023年 / 50卷 / 11期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
magnetic flux rope; electron acceleration; filamentary currents; stochastic electric fields; electron vortex; reconnecting current sheet; RECONNECTION;
D O I：
10.1029/2023GL103203
中图分类号：
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号：
07 ;
摘要：
Two types of filamentary currents (FCs) were observed inside a magnetic flux rope at the magnetopause by the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission. The first FC is identified as an electron vortex, while the other is a reconnecting current sheet. Stochastic electric fields were generated within the FCs, resulting in electron acceleration up to a few keV, similar to recent simulations of electron acceleration inside vortex, which is a second-order Fermi acceleration. Furthermore, two FCs propagated at different speeds, causing compression in the region between them. Energetic electrons up to 200 keV were detected in the compressed region and displayed a double power-law spectrum. Observations suggest that the electrons were mainly accelerated by betatron mechanism in the compressed region. The formation, evolution, and interaction of FCs provide a novel mechanism for electron acceleration. These results clearly show the significance of electron-scale dynamics within flux rope.
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