Graham, DB;
Khotyaintsev, YV;
Vaivads, A;
André, M;
Fazakerley, AN;
(2014)
Electron Dynamics in the Diffusion Region of an Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection.
Physical Review Letters
, 112
(21)
, Article 215004. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.215004.
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Abstract
During a magnetopause crossing near the subsolar point Cluster observes the ion diffusion region of antiparallel magnetic reconnection. The reconnecting plasmas are asymmetric, differing in magnetic field strength, density, and temperature. Spatial changes in the electron distributions in the diffusion region are resolved and investigated in detail. Heating of magnetosheath electrons parallel to the magnetic field is observed. This heating is shown to be consistent with trapping of magnetosheath electrons by parallel electric fields.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Electron Dynamics in the Diffusion Region of an Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.215004 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.215004 |
| Additional information: | © 2014 American Physical Society |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1464379 |
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