Multispacecraft observations of the electron current sheet, neighboring magnetic islands, and electron acceleration during magnetotail reconnection

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Li Jen ^a   Bessho, Naoki ^a   Lefebvre, Bertrand ^a   Vaith, Hans ^a   Asnes, Arne ^b   Santolik, Ondrej ^c,d   Fazakerley, Andrew ^e   Puhl Quinn, Pamela ^a   Bhattacharjee, Amitava ^a   Khotyaintsev, Yuri ^f   Daly, Patrick ^g   Torbert, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONLESS; DIFFUSION REGION; ELECTRON ACCELERATION; ELECTRON AND ION DENSITIES; ELECTRON CURRENTS; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; ENERGETIC ELECTRON; ENERGY SPECTRA; GUIDE FIELD; IN-PLANE ELECTRIC FIELDS; ION DIFFUSION; ION SKIN DEPTH; MAGNETIC ISLAND; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETOTAIL RECONNECTION; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; POWER LAW; PRIMARY ELECTRONS; SPACECRAFT MISSIONS; SUPRATHERMAL ELECTRONS;

DIFFUSION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONS; MAGNETISM; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMAS; SPACECRAFT;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 66549114738     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3112744     Document Type: Conference Paper

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