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Quadrupoles
- Plasma Thermodynamics
- Acceleration Mechanisms and Entropy
- shocks, waves, reconnection and dipole
- Why a trap improves acceleration efficiency
- How a Quadrupole Traps & Accelerates
- Signatures of Quadrupole Acceleration
Application 1: Outer Radiation Belt Electrons
Application 2: Galactic Cosmic Rays