In this paper we present a short review of kinetic models of the thin current sheet and
corresponding Cluster observations in the Earth magnetotail. We concentrate mainly on …

We review the application of particle simulation techniques to the full kinetic study of space
weather events. We focus especially on the methods designed to overcome the difficulties …

Motivated by the presentations and discussions carried out at the Magnetic Reconnection
Workshop, held at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) of Brazil in March 2014 …

We present full‐particle simulations of 2‐D magnetotail current sheet equilibria with open
boundaries and zero driving. The simulations show that spontaneous formation of …

New results on a steady state Vlasov theory of current sheets, which generalizes the Harris
(1962) model by assuming anisotropic and nongyrotropic plasmas and using the invariant of …

Using two‐dimensional particle‐in‐cell (PIC) together with magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)
simulations of magnetotail dynamics, we investigate the evolution toward onset of …

Generalizations of the class of quasi‐1‐D solutions of the 2‐D Grad‐Shafranov equation,
first considered by Schindler in 1972, are investigated. It is shown that the effect of the dipole …

The structure of a thin current sheet prior to the expansion onset of a substorm event that
occurred on 26 February 2008 is studied in the near‐Earth magnetotail on the basis of Time …

Statistical and case studies, as well as data‐mining reconstructions suggest that the
magnetotail current in the substorm growth phase has a multiscale structure with a thin ion …

Current density profiles of 22 thin current sheets, crossed by four Cluster spacecraft in the
magnetotail are compared with the self-consistent model of anisotropic 1-D equilibrium …