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pith:2026:UDP6EX4LN25AYBHTAUBE3ISDEU

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The Role of Magnetic Reconnection in Energizing Protons and Heavier Ions at the Heliospheric Current Sheet

Colby Haggerty, Fan Guo, Giulia Murtas, Giuseppe Arr\`o, Jeongbhin Seo, Xiaocan Li

Simulations show magnetic reconnection at the heliospheric current sheet energizes protons and heavier ions to energies observed by Parker Solar Probe.

arxiv:2605.15068 v1 · 2026-05-14 · astro-ph.SR · physics.plasm-ph

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C1strongest claim

Multiple ion species develop power-law distributions with both spectral index and high-energy cutoff Emax consistent with in-situ data, and Emax scales as (Q/M)^alpha with alpha approximately 0.8-1.1.

C2weakest assumption

The injection physics (initial energy and location of ions) is taken from separate kinetic simulations and assumed to hold when coupled to the large-scale MHD field; if the actual injection differs significantly, the predicted Emax scaling and spectral indices would change.

C3one line summary

Magnetic reconnection at the heliospheric current sheet produces power-law ion distributions whose spectral index and Emax scaling with charge-to-mass ratio are consistent with Parker Solar Probe data.

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[1] F., Swisdak, M., et al 2021 · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.126.135101

[2] Blandford \ and\ author D 1987 · doi:10.1016/0370-1573(87)90134-7

[3] 2023a, in EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU–3494, doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-3494 · doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-3494

[4] Desai, M. I., Mitchell, D. G., McComas, D. J., et al. 2022, ApJ, 927, 62, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac4961 2022 · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac4961

[5] Desai, M. I., Drake, J. F., Phan, T., et al. 2025, ApJL, 985, L38, doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ada697 2025 · doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ada697

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First computed	2026-05-17T21:40:26.045837Z
Last reissued	2026-05-17T21:57:19.348875Z
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arxiv: 2605.15068 · arxiv_version: 2605.15068v1 · pith_short_12: UDP6EX4LN25A · pith_short_16: UDP6EX4LN25AYBHT · pith_short_8: UDP6EX4L

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