MMS observations of electron‐scale filamentary currents in the reconnection exhaust and near the X line

Abstract We report Magnetospheric Multiscale observations of macroscopic and electron‐scale current layers in asymmetric reconnection. By intercomparing plasma, magnetic, and electric field data at multiple crossings of a reconnecting magnetopause on 22 October 2015, when the average interspacecraft...

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Main Authors: T. D. Phan, J. P. Eastwood, P. A. Cassak, M. Øieroset, J. T. Gosling, D. J. Gershman, F. S. Mozer, M. A. Shay, M. Fujimoto, W. Daughton, J. F. Drake, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, R. E. Ergun, L. J. Chen, S. Wang, C. Pollock, J. C. Dorelli, B. Lavraud, B. L. Giles, T. E. Moore, Y. Saito, L. A. Avanov, W. Paterson, R. J. Strangeway, C. T. Russell, Y. Khotyaintsev, P. A. Lindqvist, M. Oka, F. D. Wilder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-06-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069212
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