2 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
Magnetic Reconnection in the Plasma Disk at 23 Jupiter Radii
Jian-zhao Wang, Fran Bagenal, Stefan Eriksson +7
A key open question in astrophysics is how plasma is transported within strongly magnetized, rapidly rotating systems. Magnetic reconnection and flux tube interchange are possible…
physics.space-ph2017
Corotating Magnetic Reconnection Site in Saturn's Magnetosphere
Zhonghua Yao, A. J. Coates, L. C. Ray +12
Using measurements from the Cassini spacecraft in Saturn's magnetosphere, we propose a 3D physical picture of a corotating reconnection site, which can only be driven by an interna…