Magnetic reconnection is a ubiquitous plasma process that transforms magnetic energy into
particle energy during eruptive events throughout the universe. Reconnection not only …

Magnetic reconnection, the merging of oppositely directed magnetic fields that leads to field
reconfiguration, plasma heating, jetting and acceleration, is one of the most celebrated …

Space plasma is so hot that the atoms break up into charged particles which then become
trapped and stored in magnetic fields. When critical conditions are reached the magnetic …

Here we report the first three-dimensional spatial spectrum of the low frequency magnetic
turbulence obtained from the four Cluster spacecraft in the terrestrial magnetosheath close …

The process of collisionless magnetic reconnection in an ion‐scale current sheet containing
strong gradients in the density and magnetic field strength across the layer is investigated …

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 …

Kinetic plasma simulation typically requires to handle a multiplicity of space and time scales.
The implicit moment particle in cell (PIC) method provides a possible route to address the …

The plasmoid instability has revolutionized our understanding of magnetic reconnection in
astrophysical environments. By preventing the formation of highly elongated reconnection …

Reconnection between the magnetosphere and magnetosheath at the dayside
magnetopause is studied for southward IMF using high‐resolution 3‐D MHD simulations …

We discuss that energetic electrons are generated near the X‐type magnetic reconnection
region due to a surfing acceleration mechanism. In a thin plasma sheet the polarization …