{
  "id": "1108.5750",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2011-08-29T20:43:34.000Z",
  "updated": "2011-10-10T15:58:58.000Z",
  "title": "The Acceleration of Ions in Solar Flares During Magnetic Reconnection",
  "authors": [
    "Kalman Knizhnik",
    "Marc Swisdak",
    "James F. Drake"
  ],
  "comment": "Revised based on reviewer's comments; text clarified and references added",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.SR",
    "physics.plasm-ph",
    "physics.space-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "The acceleration of solar flare ions during magnetic reconnection is explored via particle-in-cell simulations that self-consistently follow the motions of both protons and $\\alpha$ particles. We demonstrate that the dominant ion heating during reconnection with a guide field (a magnetic component perpendicular to the reconnection plane) results from pickup behavior during the entry into reconnection exhausts. In contrast with anti-parallel reconnection, the temperature increment is dominantly transverse, rather than parallel, to the local magnetic field. The comparison of protons and alphas reveals a mass-to-charge ($M/Q$) threshold in pickup behavior that favors heating of high $M/Q$ ions over protons, which is consistent with impulsive flare observations.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2011-10-10T15:58:58.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "magnetic reconnection",
      "acceleration",
      "pickup behavior",
      "magnetic component perpendicular",
      "local magnetic field"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1088/2041-8205/743/2/L35",
      "journal": "The Astrophysical Journal",
      "year": 2011,
      "month": "Dec",
      "volume": 743,
      "number": 2
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 925809,
      "adsabs": "2011ApJ...743L..35K"
    }
  }
}