Imperial College London
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Emeritus ProfessorStevenSchwartz

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Distinguished Research Fellow
 
 
 
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Mr Luke Kratzmann +44 (0)20 7594 7770

 
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708BHuxley BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

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@article{Eriksson:2016:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.015001,
author = {Eriksson, S and Wilder, FD and Ergun, RE and Schwartz, SJ and Cassak, PA and Burch, JL and Chen, L-J and Torbert, RB and Phan, TD and Lavraud, B and Goodrich, KA and Holmes, JC and Stawarz, JE and Sturner, AP and Malaspina, DM and Usanova, ME and Trattner, KJ and Strangeway, RJ and Russell, CT and Pollock, CJ and Giles, BL and Hesse, M and Lindqvist, P-A and Drake, JF and Shay, MA and Nakamura, R and Marklund, GT},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.015001},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
title = {Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations of the Electron Diffusion Region of Large Guide Field Magnetic Reconnection},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.015001},
volume = {117},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We report observations from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) satellites of a large guide field magnetic reconnection event. The observations suggest that two of the four MMS spacecraft sampled the electron diffusion region, whereas the other two spacecraft detected the exhaust jet from the event. The guide magnetic field amplitude is approximately 4 times that of the reconnecting field. The event is accompanied by a significant parallel electric field (E) that is larger than predicted by simulations. The high-speed (∼300  km/s) crossing of the electron diffusion region limited the data set to one complete electron distribution inside of the electron diffusion region, which shows significant parallel heating. The data suggest that E is balanced by a combination of electron inertia and a parallel gradient of the gyrotropic electron pressure.
AU  - Eriksson,S
AU  - Wilder,FD
AU  - Ergun,RE
AU  - Schwartz,SJ
AU  - Cassak,PA
AU  - Burch,JL
AU  - Chen,L-J
AU  - Torbert,RB
AU  - Phan,TD
AU  - Lavraud,B
AU  - Goodrich,KA
AU  - Holmes,JC
AU  - Stawarz,JE
AU  - Sturner,AP
AU  - Malaspina,DM
AU  - Usanova,ME
AU  - Trattner,KJ
AU  - Strangeway,RJ
AU  - Russell,CT
AU  - Pollock,CJ
AU  - Giles,BL
AU  - Hesse,M
AU  - Lindqvist,P-A
AU  - Drake,JF
AU  - Shay,MA
AU  - Nakamura,R
AU  - Marklund,GT
DO  - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.015001
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1079-7114
TI  - Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations of the Electron Diffusion Region of Large Guide Field Magnetic Reconnection
T2  - Physical Review Letters
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.015001
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/37609
VL  - 117
ER  -
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