Energy Flux Densities near the Electron Dissipation Region in Asymmetric Magnetopause Reconnection

Eastwood, J.  P.; Goldman, M.  V.; Phan, T.  D.; Stawarz, J.  E.; Cassak, P.  A.; Drake, J.  F.; Newman, D.; Lavraud, B.; Shay, M.  A.; Ergun, R.  E.; Burch, J.  L.; Gershman, D.  J.; Giles, B.  L.; Lindqvist, P.  A.; Torbert, R.  B.; Strangeway, R.  J.; Russell, C.  T.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.125.265102

Energy Flux Densities near the Electron Dissipation Region in Asymmetric Magnetopause Reconnection

Journal Article · Wed Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.125.265102· OSTI ID:1755868

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Imperial College, London (United Kingdom). Blackett Lab.; West Virginia University
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Space Sciences Lab.
Imperial College, London (United Kingdom). Blackett Lab.
West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States). Center for KINETIC Plasma Physics
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Univ. Bordeaux, Pessac, Bordeaux (France). Lab. d’Astrophysique de Bordeaux; Univ. de Toulouse, Toulouse (France). Inst. de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES)
Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (United States)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States)
KTH Royal Inst. of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden)
Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States); Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (United States)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Inst. of Geophysics, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences

Magnetic reconnection is of fundamental importance to plasmas because of its role in releasing and repartitioning stored magnetic energy. Previous results suggest that this energy is predominantly released as ion enthalpy flux along the reconnection outflow. Using Magnetospheric Multiscale data we find the existence of very significant electron energy flux densities in the vicinity of the magnetopause electron dissipation region, orthogonal to the ion energy outflow. Finally, these may significantly impact models of electron transport, wave generation, and particle acceleration.

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Research Organization:: West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0020294

OSTI ID:: 1755868

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 26 Vol. 125; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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