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

From spacecraft data, it is evident that electron pressure anisotropy develops in collisionless
plasmas. This is in contrast to the results of theoretical investigations, which suggest this …

Magnetic reconnection is an energy conversion process that occurs in many astrophysical
contexts including Earth's magnetosphere, where the process can be investigated in situ by …

The rate of magnetic reconnection is of the utmost importance in a variety of processes
because it controls, for example, the rate energy is released in solar flares, the speed of the …

Reconnection is the process by which stress in the field of a magnetized plasma is reduced
by a topological rearrangement of its magnetic-field lines. The process is often accompanied …

Dipolarization fronts (DFs) are frequently detected in the Earth's magnetotail from XGSM=−
30 RE to XGSM=− 7 RE. How these DFs are formed is still poorly understood. Three …

Thirty rapid crossings of the magnetotail current sheet by the Cluster spacecraft during July-
October 2001 at a geocentric distance of 19 RE are examined in detail to address the …

Magnetic reconnection, in which magnetic field lines break and reconnect to change their
topology, occurs throughout the universe. The essential feature of reconnection is that it …

Abstract Knowledge of the ion composition in the near-Earth's magnetosphere and plasma
sheet is essential for the understanding of magnetospheric processes and instabilities. The …

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 …