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Professor Jonathan P. Eastwood

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Professor of Space Physics
 
 
 
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Contact

 

jonathan.eastwood Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mr Luke Kratzmann +44 (0)20 7594 7770

 
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Location

 

Huxley BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Ergun:2016:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.235102,
author = {Ergun, RE and Goodrich, KA and Wilder, FD and Holmes, JC and Stawarz, JE and Eriksson, S and Sturner, AP and Malaspina, DM and Usanova, ME and Torbert, RB and Lindqvist, PA and Khotyaintsev, Y and Burch, JL and Strangeway, RJ and Russell, CT and Pollock, CJ and Giles, BL and Hesse, M and Chen, LJ and Lapenta, G and Goldman, MV and Newman, DL and Schwartz, SJ and Eastwood, JP and Phan, TD and Mozer, FS and Drake, J and Shay, MA and Cassak, PA and Nakamura, R and Marklund, G},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.235102},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
title = {Magnetospheric multiscale satellites observations of parallel electric fields associated with magnetic reconnection},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.235102},
volume = {116},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We report observations from the Magnetospheric Multiscale satellites of parallel electric fields (E_{}) associated with magnetic reconnection in the subsolar region of the Earth's magnetopause. E_{} events near the electron diffusion region have amplitudes on the order of 100  mV/m, which are significantly larger than those predicted for an antiparallel reconnection electric field. This Letter addresses specific types of E_{} events, which appear as large-amplitude, near unipolar spikes that are associated with tangled, reconnected magnetic fields. These E_{} events are primarily in or near a current layer near the separatrix and are interpreted to be double layers that may be responsible for secondary reconnection in tangled magnetic fields or flux ropes. These results are telling of the three-dimensional nature of magnetopause reconnection and indicate that magnetopause reconnection may be often patchy and/or drive turbulence along the separatrix that results in flux ropes and/or tangled magnetic fields.
AU  - Ergun,RE
AU  - Goodrich,KA
AU  - Wilder,FD
AU  - Holmes,JC
AU  - Stawarz,JE
AU  - Eriksson,S
AU  - Sturner,AP
AU  - Malaspina,DM
AU  - Usanova,ME
AU  - Torbert,RB
AU  - Lindqvist,PA
AU  - Khotyaintsev,Y
AU  - Burch,JL
AU  - Strangeway,RJ
AU  - Russell,CT
AU  - Pollock,CJ
AU  - Giles,BL
AU  - Hesse,M
AU  - Chen,LJ
AU  - Lapenta,G
AU  - Goldman,MV
AU  - Newman,DL
AU  - Schwartz,SJ
AU  - Eastwood,JP
AU  - Phan,TD
AU  - Mozer,FS
AU  - Drake,J
AU  - Shay,MA
AU  - Cassak,PA
AU  - Nakamura,R
AU  - Marklund,G
DO  - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.235102
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1079-7114
TI  - Magnetospheric multiscale satellites observations of parallel electric fields associated with magnetic reconnection
T2  - Physical Review Letters
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.235102
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27341241
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/34303
VL  - 116
ER  -
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