MMS Measurements of the Vlasov Equation: Probing the Electron Pressure Divergence Within Thin Current Sheets

MMS Measurements of the Vlasov Equation: Probing the Electron Pressure Divergence Within Thin Current Sheets

Abstract We investigate the kinetic structure of electron‐scale current sheets found in the vicinity of the magnetopause and embedded in the magnetosheath within the reconnection exhaust. A new technique for computing terms of the Vlasov equation using Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) measurements is...

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Main Authors: J. R. Shuster, D. J. Gershman, L.‐J. Chen, S. Wang, N. Bessho, J. C. Dorelli, D. E. daSilva, B. L. Giles, W. R. Paterson, R. E. Denton, S. J. Schwartz, C. Norgren, V. Wilder, P. A. Cassak, M. Swisdak, V. Uritsky, C. Schiff, A. C. Rager, S. Smith, L. A. Avanov, A. F. Viñas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-07-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
Subjects:
Vlasov equation
thin current sheets
electron pressure divergence
Magnetospheric Multiscale
energy conversion
kinetic plasma physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083549
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