The Role of the Parallel Electric Field in Electron‐Scale Dissipation at Reconnecting Currents in the Magnetosheath

F. D. Wilder,R. E. Ergun,J. L. Burch,N. Ahmadi,S. Eriksson,T. D. Phan,K. A. Goodrich,J. R. Shuster,A. C. Rager,R. B. Torbert,B. L. Giles,R. J. Strangeway,F. Plaschke,W. Magnes,Per-Arne Lindqvist,Yu. V. Khotyaintsev

The Role of the Parallel Electric Field in Electron‐Scale Dissipation at Reconnecting Currents in the Magnetosheath

2018

F. D. Wilder
R. E. Ergun
J. L. Burch
N. Ahmadi
S. Eriksson
T. D. Phan
K. A. Goodrich
J. R. Shuster
A. C. Rager
R. B. Torbert
B. L. Giles
R. J. Strangeway
F. Plaschke
W. Magnes
Per-Arne Lindqvist
Yu. V. Khotyaintsev

We report observations from the Magnetospheric Multiscale satellites of reconnecting current sheets in the magnetosheath over a range of out-of-plane "guide" magnetic field strengths. The currents ...

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Geophysics
Geology
Atmospheric sciences
Dissipation
Electric field
Magnetosheath
Energy transformation
Electron
Satellite
Computational physics
ionic diffusion
Magnetic field

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