Vlasov methods in space physics and astrophysics

M Palmroth, U Ganse, Y Pfau-Kempf… - Living reviews in …, 2018 - Springer
This paper reviews Vlasov-based numerical methods used to model plasma in space
physics and astrophysics. Plasma consists of collectively behaving charged particles that …

Magnetotail dipolarization fronts and particle acceleration: A review

H Fu, EE Grigorenko, C Gabrielse, C Liu, S Lu… - Science China Earth …, 2020 - Springer
In this paper, the particle acceleration processes around magnetotail dipolarization fronts
(DFs) were reviewed. We summarize the spacecraft observations (including Cluster …

Upstream plasma waves and downstream magnetic reconnection at a reforming quasi-parallel shock

Q Lu, A Guo, Z Yang, R Wang, S Lu… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Upstream Plasma Waves and Downstream Magnetic Reconnection at a Reforming Quasi-parallel
Shock - IOPscience Skip to content IOP Science home Accessibility Help Search Journals …

In situ observations of magnetic reconnection caused by the interactions of two dipolarization fronts

K Jiang, SY Huang, YY Wei, ZG Yuan… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Using high‐resolution data from the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, an electron‐only
reconnection current sheet is found between two successive dipolarization fronts (DFs). The …

Direct observation of magnetic reconnection resulting from interaction between magnetic flux rope and magnetic hole in the Earth's magnetosheath

S Wang, R Wang, Q Lu, S Lu… - Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We report in situ observation of magnetic reconnection between magnetic flux rope (MFR)
and magnetic hole (MH) in the magnetosheath by the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission …

Collisionless magnetic reconnection in the magnetosphere

Q Lu, H Fu, R Wang, S Lu - Chinese Physics B, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic reconnection underlies the physical mechanism of explosive phenomena in the
solar atmosphere and planetary magnetospheres, where plasma is usually collisionless. In …

Energy conversion and dissipation at dipolarization fronts: A statistical overview

ZH Zhong, XH Deng, M Zhou, WQ Ma… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Dipolarization fronts (DFs) are important for energy conversion, particle acceleration, and
flux transport in the magnetotail. The partition of energy conversion between ions and …

Review of Mercury's dynamic magnetosphere: Post-MESSENGER era and comparative magnetospheres

W Sun, RM Dewey, S Aizawa, J Huang… - Science China Earth …, 2022 - Springer
This review paper summarizes the research of Mercury's magnetosphere in the Post-
MESSENGER era and compares its dynamics to those in other planetary magnetospheres …

Suprathermal particle energization in dipolarization fronts: Particle‐in‐cell simulations

S Lu, V Angelopoulos, H Fu - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Within dipolarization fronts (DFs) in the Earth's magnetotail, significant magnetic energy is
converted to plasma energy, and a significant portion of the electrons and ions therein are …

Recent progress on magnetic reconnection by in situ measurements

R Wang, S Lu, S Wang, X Li, Q Lu - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2023 - Springer
In the last decades, a few spacecraft missions have been launched to investigate the
process of magnetic reconnection in space, during which magnetic free energy is …