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

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 …

The relaxation of field-line tension during magnetic reconnection gives rise to a universal
Fermi acceleration process involving the curvature drift of particles. However, the efficiency …

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

The electron diffusion region during magnetic reconnection lies in different regimes
depending on the pressure anisotropy, which is regulated by the properties of thermal …

Waves around the lower hybrid frequency are frequently observed at Earth's magnetopause
and readily reach very large amplitudes. Determining the properties of lower hybrid waves is …

We report evidence of magnetic reconnection in the transition region of the Earth's bow
shock when the angle between the shock normal and the immediate upstream magnetic …

Electron bulk heating during magnetic reconnection with symmetric inflow conditions is
examined using kinetic particle-in-cell simulations. Inflowing plasma parameters are varied …

We study electron distribution functions in a diffusion region of antiparallel asymmetric
reconnection by means of particle‐in‐cell simulations and analytical theory. At the electron …

We introduce an extensible multi-fluid moment model in the context of collisionless magnetic
reconnection. This model evolves full Maxwell equations and simultaneously moments of …