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Localized Oscillatory Dissipation in Magnetopause Reconnection
J. L. Burch, R. E. Ergun, P. A. Cassak +26
Data from the NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission are used to investigate asymmetric magnetic reconnection at the dayside boundary between the Earth's magnetosphere and th…
Localized and intense energy conversion in the diffusion region of asymmetric magnetic reconnection
M. Swisdak, J. F. Drake, L. Price +3
We analyze a high-resolution simulation of magnetopause reconnection observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission and explain the occurrence of strongly localized dissip…
Suppression of electron thermal conduction by whistler turbulence in a sustained thermal gradient
G. T. Roberg-Clark, J. F. Drake, C. S. Reynolds +1
The dynamics of weakly magnetized collisionless plasmas in the presence of an imposed temperature gradient along an ambient magnetic field is explored with particle-in-cell simulat…
The role of three-dimensional transport in driving enhanced electron acceleration during magnetic reconnection
J. T. Dahlin, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak
Magnetic reconnection is an important driver of energetic particles in many astrophysical phenomena. Using kinetic particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations, we explore the impact of thre…
The Twist of the Draped Interstellar Magnetic Field Ahead of the Heliopause: A Magnetic Reconnection Driven Rotational Discontinuity
M. Opher, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak +2
Based on the difference between the orientation of the interstellar and the solar magnetic fields, there was an expectation that the magnetic field direction would rotate…
The formation of magnetic depletions and flux annihilation due to reconnection in the heliosheath
J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak, M. Opher +1
The misalignment of the solar rotation axis and the magnetic axis of the Sun produces a periodic reversal of the Parker spiral magnetic field and the sectored solar wind. The compr…