Single Current Sheet E >> ED

Maximum electron or proton energy ? 10 GeV

Hard x-ray/g-ray ribbons, shorter at highest energies

Energy gained by electrons relative to protons controlled by longitudinal magnetic field strength (Litvinenko 1996)

Electric field strength E ? 10 V/cm

Most electrons must escape in distance l = 104 • (DE2 / E1) cm

Current sheet length L = s • l ? 14? L = 109 • (N35 • l 4) / (w9 • B2) cm

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