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Particle Acceleration in Large Scale (DC) Electric Fields: Fundamentals

An Auroral Analogue

Runaway Electrons

DC Electric Field Hard X-ray Burst E << ED

Fits to Lin et al. 1981 Data (Benka & Holman 1994)

Hard X-Ray Timing

Ion Acceleration E ~ ED

Single Current Sheet E >> ED

Author: Gordon D. Holman

Email: holman@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Presented at the
High Energy Solar Physics Workshop
"Anticipating HESSI"
College Park, Maryland
1999 October 18-20

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