Intermittent Electron-only Reconnection at Lunar Mini-magnetospheres

Intermittent Electron-only Reconnection at Lunar Mini-magnetospheres

Lunar crustal magnetic anomalies (LCMA) are sub-ion-gyroradius structures that have been shown to stand off the solar wind (SW) plasma from the Moon’s surface, forming shock-like discontinuities and reflecting incident SW protons. In this Letter, the results of high-resolution, 2D fully kinetic simu...

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Main Authors: A. Stanier, L. J. Chen, A. Le, J. Halekas, R. Sawyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
The Moon
Lunar magnetic fields
Planetary bow shocks
Space plasmas
Solar wind
Solar magnetic reconnection
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad2774

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https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad2774

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