Sentences with phrase «accelerated by the electric field»
The kilometric radiation, he adds, is thought to result from electrons accelerated by electric fields in the planet's magnetosphere, and those electric fields also contribute to the generation of the polar auroras.
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Charged particles are produced by electric discharge and accelerated, i.e. momentum is transferred to them via electromagnetic fields.
These plasma waves in turn generate strong electric fields that trap electrons and can accelerate them to energy levels on the order of one billion electron volts, which means the electrons are zipping by at around 99.99999 percent the speed of light.
As Maxwell explains in the video, the original proton pack consists of a cyclotron, which is composed of two electrodes that induce the particle to spiral outwards from the center, accelerated by a rapidly varying electric field.