Magnetic Reconnection in a Quasi‐Parallel Shock: Two‐Dimensional Local Particle‐in‐Cell Simulation

Abstract Magnetic reconnection in a quasi‐parallel bow shock is investigated with two‐dimensional local particle‐in‐cell simulations. In the shock transition and downstream regions, large amplitude magnetic fluctuations exist, and abundant current sheets form. In some current sheets, reconnection oc...

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Main Authors: N. Bessho, L.‐J. Chen, S. Wang, M. Hesse, L. B. Wilson III
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-08-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083397
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