Methods for characterising microphysical processes in plasmas

T Dudok de Wit, O Alexandrova, I Furno… - Space Science …, 2013 - Springer
Advanced spectral and statistical data analysis techniques have greatly contributed to
shaping our understanding of microphysical processes in plasmas. We review some of the …

Electron jet of asymmetric reconnection

YV Khotyaintsev, DB Graham… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We present Magnetospheric Multiscale observations of an electron‐scale current
sheet and electron outflow jet for asymmetric reconnection with guide field at the subsolar …

Formation of inner structure of a reconnection separatrix region

YV Khotyaintsev, A Vaivads, A Retinò, M André… - Physical Review Letters, 2006 - APS
We present multipoint spacecraft observations at the dayside magnetopause of a magnetic
reconnection separatrix region. This region separates two plasmas with significantly different …

Proper frame determination and Walen test

G Paschmann, BUO Sonnerup - ISSI Scientific Reports …, 2008 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
To study structures, such as current sheets, flux ropes, or fully three-dimensional
configurations, it is desirable to examine them in their proper (co-moving) frame, in which …

Magnetic reconnection and cold plasma at the magnetopause

M André, A Vaivads, YV Khotyaintsev… - Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We report on detailed observations by the four Cluster spacecraft of magnetic reconnection
and a Flux Transfer Event (FTE) at the magnetopause. We detect cold (eV) plasma at the …

Separatrix regions of magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause

T Lindstedt, YV Khotyaintsev, A Vaivads… - Annales …, 2009 - angeo.copernicus.org
Using data from the four Cluster spacecraft we study the separatrix regions of magnetic
reconnection sites at the dayside magnetopause under conditions when reconnection is …

Reconstruction of a bipolar magnetic signature in an earthward jet in the tail: Flux rope or 3D guide‐field reconnection?

H Hasegawa, R Nakamura, M Fujimoto… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Southward‐then‐northward magnetic perturbations are often seen in the tail plasma sheet,
along with earthward jets, but the generation mechanism of such bipolar Bz (magnetic flux …

Solar wind controls on Mercury's magnetospheric cusp

M He, J Vogt, D Heyner, J Zhong - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study assesses the response of the cusp to solar wind changes comprehensively, using
2848 orbits of MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging …

Oxygen energization by localized perpendicular electric fields at the cusp boundary

T Lindstedt, YV Khotyaintsev, A Vaivads… - Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We report Cluster observations of oxygen energization by several keV at the boundary
between the high latitude cusp and lobe. A localized electric field at the cusp/lobe boundary …

Magnetosheath interaction with the high latitude magnetopause

S Savin, A Skalsky, L Zelenyi, L Avanov… - … Cusps: Structure and …, 2005 - Springer
We present both statistical and case studies of magnetosheath interaction with the high-
latitude magnetopause on the basis of Interball-1 and other ISTP spacecraft data. We …