Astrophysical plasmas have the remarkable ability to preserve magnetic topology, which
inevitably gives rise to the accumulation of magnetic energy within stressed regions …

Dayside transients, such as hot flow anomalies, foreshock bubbles, magnetosheath jets, flux
transfer events, and surface waves, are frequently observed upstream from the bow shock …

Magnetic reconnection is a multi-faceted process of energy conversion in astrophysical,
space and laboratory plasmas that operates at microscopic scales but has macroscopic …

The dissipative mechanism in weakly collisional plasma is a topic that pervades decades of
studies without a consensus solution. We compare several energy dissipation estimates …

The complex nonlinear dynamical phenomenon described as turbulence, is known to have
a great impact on fluids, magnetohydrodynamic systems, and on plasmas. This paper …

Magnetotail reconnection plays a crucial role in explosive energy conversion in geospace.
Because of the lack of in-situ spacecraft observations, the onset mechanism of magnetotail …

Turbulent plasmas generate a multitude of thin current structures that can be sites for
magnetic reconnection. The Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission has recently …

Turbulent plasmas generate intense current structures, which have long been suggested as
magnetic reconnection sites. Recent Magnetospheric Multiscale observations in Earth's …

Particles are accelerated to very high, non-thermal energies during explosive energy-
release phenomena in space, solar, and astrophysical plasma environments. While it has …

Using 2.5 dimensional kinetic particle-in-cell simulations, we simulate reconnection
conditions appropriate for the magnetosheath and solar wind, ie, plasma beta (ratio of gas …