Characteristics of Energetic Electrons Near Active Magnetotail Reconnection Sites: Tracers of a Complex Magnetic Topology and Evidence of Localized Acceleration

Characteristics of Energetic Electrons Near Active Magnetotail Reconnection Sites: Tracers of a Complex Magnetic Topology and Evidence of Localized Acceleration

Abstract We present detailed observations and reconstructed magnetic field topologies from a magnetic reconnection event observed directly by NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission. Comparing and contrasting energy and angular distributions of >50 keV electrons observed by three MMS...

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Main Authors: Drew L. Turner, Ian J. Cohen, Samuel T. Bingham, Grant K. Stephens, Mikhail I. Sitnov, Barry H. Mauk, Richard E. Denton, Trevor W. Leonard, Joseph F. Fennell, J. Bernard Blake, Roy B. Torbert, James L. Burch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
Subjects:
acceleration
diffusion region
electrons
magnetic reconnection
plasma physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090089
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