Magnetic reconnection is a common phenomenon taking place in astrophysical and space plasmas, especially in solar flares which are rich sources of highly energetic particles. Torsional spine and fan reconnections are important mechanisms proposed for steady-state three-dimensional null-point reconnection. By using the magnetic and electric fields for these regimes, we numerically investigate the features of test particle acceleration in both regimes with input parameters for the solar corona. By comparison, torsional spine reconnection is found to be more efficient than torsional fan reconnection in an acceleration of a proton to a high kinetic energy. A proton can gain as high as 100 MeV of relativistic kinetic energy within only a few milliseconds. Moreover, in torsional spine reconnection, an accelerated particle can escape either along the spine axis or on the fan plane depending on its injection position. However, in torsional fan reconnection, the particle is only allowed to accelerate along the spine axis. In addition, in both regimes, the particle's trajectory and final kinetic energy depend on the injection position but adopting either spatially uniform or non-uniform localized plasma resistivity does not much influence the features of trajectory.
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October 2014
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October 17 2014
Comparison of test particle acceleration in torsional spine and fan reconnection regimes
M. Hosseinpour;
M. Hosseinpour
a)
Plasma Physics Department,
University of Tabriz
, Tabriz, Iran
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M. Mehdizade;
M. Mehdizade
Plasma Physics Department,
University of Tabriz
, Tabriz, Iran
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M. A. Mohammadi
M. A. Mohammadi
Plasma Physics Department,
University of Tabriz
, Tabriz, Iran
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M. Hosseinpour
a)
M. Mehdizade
M. A. Mohammadi
Plasma Physics Department,
University of Tabriz
, Tabriz, Iran
a)
E-mail: [email protected]
Phys. Plasmas 21, 102904 (2014)
Article history
Received:
August 11 2014
Accepted:
October 06 2014
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M. Hosseinpour, M. Mehdizade, M. A. Mohammadi; Comparison of test particle acceleration in torsional spine and fan reconnection regimes. Phys. Plasmas 1 October 2014; 21 (10): 102904. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4898311
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