Imperial College London
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ProfessorMicheleDougherty

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Head of Department of Physics, Professor of Space Physics
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 7770m.dougherty Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Lida Mnatsakanian +44 (0)20 7594 7503

 
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Location

 

Blackett 900aBlackett LaboratorySouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Yao:2017:2041-8213/aa88af,
author = {Yao, ZH and Coates, AJ and Ray, LC and Rae, IJ and Grodent, D and Jones, GH and Dougherty, MK and Owen, CJ and Guo, RL and Dunn, WR and Radioti, A and Pu, ZY and Lewis, GR and Waite, JH and Gerard, J-C},
doi = {2041-8213/aa88af},
journal = {ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS},
title = {Corotating Magnetic Reconnection Site in Saturn's Magnetosphere},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa88af},
volume = {846},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Using measurements from theCassinispacecraft in Saturn’s magnetosphere, we propose a 3D physical picture of acorotating reconnection site, which can only be driven by an internally generated source. Our results demonstratethat the corotating magnetic reconnection can drive an expansion of the current sheet in Saturn’s magnetosphereand, consequently, can produce Fermi acceleration of electrons. This reconnection site lasted for longer than one ofSaturn’s rotation period. The long-lasting and corotating natures of the magnetic reconnection site at Saturnsuggest fundamentally different roles of magnetic reconnection in driving magnetospheric dynamics(e.g., theauroral precipitation)from the Earth. Our corotating reconnection picture could also potentially shed light on thefast rotating magnetized plasma environments in the solar system and beyond.
AU  - Yao,ZH
AU  - Coates,AJ
AU  - Ray,LC
AU  - Rae,IJ
AU  - Grodent,D
AU  - Jones,GH
AU  - Dougherty,MK
AU  - Owen,CJ
AU  - Guo,RL
AU  - Dunn,WR
AU  - Radioti,A
AU  - Pu,ZY
AU  - Lewis,GR
AU  - Waite,JH
AU  - Gerard,J-C
DO  - 2041-8213/aa88af
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 2041-8205
TI  - Corotating Magnetic Reconnection Site in Saturn's Magnetosphere
T2  - ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa88af
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000409526200002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/57269
VL  - 846
ER  -
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