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Observations of Electron-Only Magnetic Reconnection Associated With Macroscopic Magnetic Flux Ropes
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- Man, H. Y. (author)
- Nanchang Univ, Sch Resources Environm & Chem Engn, Nanchang, Jiangxi, Peoples R China.;Nanchang Univ, Inst Space Sci & Technol, Nanchang, Jiangxi, Peoples R China.
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- Zhou, M. (author)
- Nanchang Univ, Inst Space Sci & Technol, Nanchang, Jiangxi, Peoples R China.;Nanchang Univ, Sch Sci, Dept Phys, Nanchang, Jiangxi, Peoples R China.
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- Yi, Y. Y. (author)
- Nanchang Univ, Inst Space Sci & Technol, Nanchang, Jiangxi, Peoples R China.;Nanchang Univ, Sch Sci, Dept Phys, Nanchang, Jiangxi, Peoples R China.
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- Zhong, Z. H. (author)
- Nanchang Univ, Sch Resources Environm & Chem Engn, Nanchang, Jiangxi, Peoples R China.;Nanchang Univ, Inst Space Sci & Technol, Nanchang, Jiangxi, Peoples R China.
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- Tian, A. M. (author)
- Shandong Univ, Inst Space Sci, Shandong Prov Key Lab Opt Astron & Solar Terr Env, Weihai, Peoples R China.
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- Deng, X. H. (author)
- Nanchang Univ, Inst Space Sci & Technol, Nanchang, Jiangxi, Peoples R China.
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- Khotyaintsev, Yuri V. (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutet för rymdfysik, Uppsalaavdelningen
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- Russell, C. T. (author)
- Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Earth Planetary & Space Sci, Los Angeles, CA USA.
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- Giles, B. L. (author)
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD USA.
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Nanchang Univ, Sch Resources Environm & Chem Engn, Nanchang, Jiangxi, Peoples R China;Nanchang Univ, Inst Space Sci & Technol, Nanchang, Jiangxi, Peoples R China. Nanchang Univ, Inst Space Sci & Technol, Nanchang, Jiangxi, Peoples R China.;Nanchang Univ, Sch Sci, Dept Phys, Nanchang, Jiangxi, Peoples R China. (creator_code:org_t)
- AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION, 2020
- 2020
- English.
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In: Geophysical Research Letters. - : AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION. - 0094-8276 .- 1944-8007. ; 47:19
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- We report a Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission observation of magnetic reconnection occurring at the edge of a large-scale magnetic flux rope (MFR), the cross-section of which was about 2 R-E. The MFR was observed at the duskside in the Earth's magnetotail and was highly oblique with its axis approximately along theX(GSM)direction. We find an electron-scale current sheet near the edge of this MFR. The Hall magnetic and electric field, super-Alfvenic electron outflow, parallel electric field, and positive energy dissipation were observed associated with the current sheet, which indicates that MMS detected a reconnecting current sheet with a large guide field. Interestingly, ions were not coupled in this reconnection, akin to the electron-only reconnection observed in the turbulent magnetosheath. We further find that the electron-only reconnection is commonly associated with a macroscopic MFR. This result will shed new light on understanding the multiscale coupling associated with an MFR in space plasmas.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Geofysik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Geophysics (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Fusion, plasma och rymdfysik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- magnetic reconnection
- magnetotail
- flux rope
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