Abstract The Loss Cone Imager (LCI) instrument package on the US Air Force׳ s
Demonstration and Science eXperiment (DSX) mission is expected to provide in-situ …

Thin current sheets having kinetic scales are an important plasma structure, where the
magnetic energy dissipation and charged particle acceleration are the most effective. It is …

Energetic electrons in an earthward reconnection outflow region have been observed by
Cluster/Research with Adaptive Particle Imaging Detectors. We found a good correlation …

Multiple dipolarization fronts (DFs) were observed by Cluster spacecraft in the magnetotail
during a substorm. These DFs were kinetic structures, embedded in the bursty plasma flow …

Suprathermal electrons with energy from tens to hundreds of keV are frequently observed in
the Earth's magnetotail. The generation of such electrons is typically attributed to magnetic …

We study the acceleration of energetic electrons during magnetotail reconnection by using
Cluster simultaneous measurements of three‐dimensional electron distribution functions …

Addressing the origin of the energetic particle injections into the inner magnetosphere, we
investigate the 23 February 2004 substorm using a favorable constellation of four Cluster …

An antiparallel reconnection event is recognized in the magnetotail, and a secondary island
with a strong core magnetic field is identified near the center of the ion diffusion region. In …

Fast plasma flows are believed to play important roles in transporting mass, momentum, and
energy in the magnetotail during active periods, such as the magnetospheric substorms. In …

Various plasma waves have been observed in the vicinity of dipolarization fronts (DFs) and
the rarefaction regions behind them. It was suggested that these waves not only play crucial …