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

The FIELDS instrumentation suite on the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission
provides comprehensive measurements of the full vector magnetic and electric fields in the …

INTRODUCTION Magnetic reconnection is a physical process occurring in plasmas in which
magnetic energy is explosively converted into heat and kinetic energy. The effects of …

The fundamental physics of magnetic reconnection in laboratory and space plasmas is
reviewed by discussing results from theory, numerical simulations, observations from space …

Magnetic reconnection is a topological rearrangement of magnetic field that converts
magnetic energy to plasma energy. Astrophysical flares, from the Earth's magnetosphere to …

Magnetic reconnection is a universal process leading to energy conversion in plasmas. It
occurs in the Solar System,,,,,, in laboratory plasmas and is important in astrophysics …

We report direct measurements of high-energy particles in a rare crossing of the diffusion
region in Earth's magnetotail by the Wind spacecraft. The fluxes of energetic electrons up …

Measurements from the Cluster spacecraft of electric fields, magnetic fields, and ions are
used to study the structure and dynamics of the reconnection region in the tail at distances …

This paper gives an overview of the insights into the magnetic reconnection process
obtained by in-situ measurements across current sheets found in planetary magnetospheres …

We present in situ measurements in a space plasma showing that thin current sheets the
size of an ion inertial length exist and are abundant in strong and intermittent plasma …