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Title: Pressure Tensor Elements Breaking the Frozen-In Law During Reconnection in Earth’s Magnetotail

Abstract

Aided by fully kinetic simulations, spacecraft observations of magnetic reconnection in Earth’s magnetotail are analyzed. The structure of the electron diffusion region is in quantitative agreement with the numerical model. Of particular interest, the spacecraft data reveal how reconnection is mediated by off-diagonal stress in the electron pressure tensor breaking the frozen-in law of the electron fluid.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [1];  [4];  [4];  [4]
  1. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Physics
  2. Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  4. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
Contributing Org.:
MMS Science Data Center
OSTI Identifier:
1595782
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-09CH11466
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 123; Journal Issue: 22; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Magnetic reconnection; Space science; Physical Systems; Magnetotail

Citation Formats

Egedal, J., Ng, J., Le, A., Daughton, W., Wetherton, B., Dorelli, J., Gershman, D., and Rager, A. Pressure Tensor Elements Breaking the Frozen-In Law During Reconnection in Earth’s Magnetotail. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.225101.
Egedal, J., Ng, J., Le, A., Daughton, W., Wetherton, B., Dorelli, J., Gershman, D., & Rager, A. Pressure Tensor Elements Breaking the Frozen-In Law During Reconnection in Earth’s Magnetotail. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.225101
Egedal, J., Ng, J., Le, A., Daughton, W., Wetherton, B., Dorelli, J., Gershman, D., and Rager, A. Mon . "Pressure Tensor Elements Breaking the Frozen-In Law During Reconnection in Earth’s Magnetotail". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.225101. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1595782.
@article{osti_1595782,
title = {Pressure Tensor Elements Breaking the Frozen-In Law During Reconnection in Earth’s Magnetotail},
author = {Egedal, J. and Ng, J. and Le, A. and Daughton, W. and Wetherton, B. and Dorelli, J. and Gershman, D. and Rager, A.},
abstractNote = {Aided by fully kinetic simulations, spacecraft observations of magnetic reconnection in Earth’s magnetotail are analyzed. The structure of the electron diffusion region is in quantitative agreement with the numerical model. Of particular interest, the spacecraft data reveal how reconnection is mediated by off-diagonal stress in the electron pressure tensor breaking the frozen-in law of the electron fluid.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.225101},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 22,
volume = 123,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Mon Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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