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physics.space-ph2026
On the curlometer measurement of field-aligned and perpendicular currents in low Earth orbit: Swarm observations and whole geospace simulations
R Gajewski, RT Desai, B Hnat +13
Measuring field-aligned currents (FACs) using magnetic field observations provides a powerful means to probe the multi-scale interactions between the magnetosphere, ionosphere and…
physics.space-ph2023
Triggering the magnetopause reconnection by solar wind discontinuities
Alexander Lukin, Zhifang Guo, Yu Lin +4
Magnetic reconnection is one of the most universal processes in space plasma that is responsible for charged particle acceleration, mixing and heating of plasma populations. In thi…