Kinetic Structure of the Electron Diffusion Region in Antiparallel Magnetic Reconnection

Kinetic Structure of the Electron Diffusion Region in Antiparallel Magnetic Reconnection

Strong electron pressure anisotropy has been observed upstream of electron diffusion regions during reconnection in Earth’s magnetotail and kinetic simulations. For collisionless antiparallel reconnection, we find that the anisotropy drives the electron current in the electron diffusion region, and...

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Main Authors: Ng, Jonathan, Le, Ari Yitzchak, Daughton, W., Chen, L.-J.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63139

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