@article{Øieroset:2016:10.1002/2016GL069166,
author = {Øieroset, M and Phan, TD and Haggerty, C and Shay, MA and Eastwood, JP and Gershman, DJ and Drake, JF and Fujimoto, M and Ergun, RE and Mozer, FS and Oka, M and Torbert, RB and Burch, JL and Wang, S and Chen, LJ and Swisdak, M and Pollock, C and Dorelli, JC and Fuselier, SA and Lavraud, B and Giles, BL and Moore, TE and Saito, Y and Avanov, LA and Paterson, W and Strangeway, RJ and Russell, CT and Khotyaintsev, Y and Lindqvist, PA and Malakit, K},
doi = {10.1002/2016GL069166},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
pages = {5536--5544},
title = {MMS observations of large guide field symmetric reconnection between colliding reconnection jets at the center of a magnetic flux rope at the magnetopause},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069166},
volume = {43},
year = {2016}
}

Download

TY  - JOUR
AB  - We report evidence for reconnection between colliding reconnection jets in a compressed current sheet at the center of a magnetic flux rope at Earth's magnetopause. The reconnection involved nearly symmetric inflow boundary conditions with a strong guide field of two. The thin (2.5 ion-skin depth (di) width) current sheet (at ~12 di downstream of the X line) was well resolved by MMS, which revealed large asymmetries in plasma and field structures in the exhaust. Ion perpendicular heating, electron parallel heating, and density compression occurred on one side of the exhaust, while ion parallel heating and density depression were shifted to the other side. The normal electric field and double out-of-plane (bifurcated) currents spanned almost the entire exhaust. These observations are in good agreement with a kinetic simulation for similar boundary conditions, demonstrating in new detail that the structure of large guide field symmetric reconnection is distinctly different from antiparallel reconnection.
AU  - Øieroset,M
AU  - Phan,TD
AU  - Haggerty,C
AU  - Shay,MA
AU  - Eastwood,JP
AU  - Gershman,DJ
AU  - Drake,JF
AU  - Fujimoto,M
AU  - Ergun,RE
AU  - Mozer,FS
AU  - Oka,M
AU  - Torbert,RB
AU  - Burch,JL
AU  - Wang,S
AU  - Chen,LJ
AU  - Swisdak,M
AU  - Pollock,C
AU  - Dorelli,JC
AU  - Fuselier,SA
AU  - Lavraud,B
AU  - Giles,BL
AU  - Moore,TE
AU  - Saito,Y
AU  - Avanov,LA
AU  - Paterson,W
AU  - Strangeway,RJ
AU  - Russell,CT
AU  - Khotyaintsev,Y
AU  - Lindqvist,PA
AU  - Malakit,K
DO  - 10.1002/2016GL069166
EP  - 5544
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 0094-8276
SP  - 5536
TI  - MMS observations of large guide field symmetric reconnection between colliding reconnection jets at the center of a magnetic flux rope at the magnetopause
T2  - Geophysical Research Letters
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069166
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/34301
VL  - 43
ER  - 

Download