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The inductive electric field is directed along the current inside a collisionless reconnecting current layer (RCL). This strong field does positive work on charged particles, thus increasing their energy impulsively, for example, in solar flares of flares in the accretion disk coronae of compact astrophysical objects.
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(2006). Particle Acceleration in Current Layers. In: Plasma Astrophysics. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 341. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68894-7_31
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