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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Eastwood, J P
• Goldman, M V
• Phan, T D
• Stawarz, J E
• Cassak, P A
• Drake, J F
• Newman, D
• Lavraud, B
• Shay, M A
• Ergun, R E
• Burch, J L
• Gershman, D J
• Giles, B L
• Lindqvist, P A
• Torbert, R B
• Strangeway, R J
• Russell, C T

Titel

Energy Flux Densities near the Electron Dissipation Region in Asymmetric Magnetopause Reconnection

Ist Teil von

• Physical review letters, 2020-12, Vol.125 (26), p.265102-265102, Article 265102

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Physical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

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Quelle

American Physical Society

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Magnetic reconnection is of fundamental importance to plasmas because of its role in releasing and repartitioning stored magnetic energy. Previous results suggest that this energy is predominantly released as ion enthalpy flux along the reconnection outflow. Using Magnetospheric Multiscale data we find the existence of very significant electron energy flux densities in the vicinity of the magnetopause electron dissipation region, orthogonal to the ion energy outflow. These may significantly impact models of electron transport, wave generation, and particle acceleration.