Collisionless magnetic reconnection and waves: Progress review

YV Khotyaintsev, DB Graham, C Norgren… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process whereby microscopic plasma processes
cause macroscopic changes in magnetic field topology, leading to explosive energy release …

Kinetic scale magnetic holes in the terrestrial magnetosheath: A review

Q Shi, S Yao, M Hamrin, J Liu - Science China Earth Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Magnetic holes at the ion-to-electron kinetic scale (KSMHs) are one of the extremely small
intermittent structures generated in turbulent magnetized plasmas. In recent years, the …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing velocity–space signatures of electron energization in large-guide-field collisionless magnetic reconnection

AJ McCubbin, GG Howes, JM TenBarge - Physics of plasmas, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic reconnection plays an important role in the release of magnetic energy and
consequent energization of particles in collisionless plasmas. Energy transfer in …

In situ observation of magnetic reconnection between an earthward propagating flux rope and the geomagnetic field

HY Man, M Zhou, XH Deng, HS Fu… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
It has been proposed that, in the near‐Earth magnetotail, earthward propagating flux ropes
can merge with the Earth's dipole magnetic field and dissipate its magnetic energy …

Observations of electron‐only magnetic reconnection associated with macroscopic magnetic flux ropes

HY Man, M Zhou, YY Yi, ZH Zhong… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We report a Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission observation of magnetic
reconnection occurring at the edge of a large‐scale magnetic flux rope (MFR), the cross …

Intense energy conversion events at the magnetopause boundary layer

H Man, M Zhou, Z Zhong, X Deng - Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates intense energy conversion events (IECEs) at the dayside
magnetopause boundary layer (MBL) using high‐resolution data from the Magnetospheric …

Magnetic field enhancements in the solar wind: Diverse processes manifesting a uniform observation type?

YD Jia, H Lai, N Miles, H Wei… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Within the solar wind throughout the inner heliosphere, observations reveal the presence of
magnetic field enhancements accompanied by thin current sheets at varying distances from …

High‐Frequency Electrostatic Waves Modulated by Whistler Waves Behind Dipolarization Front

ZZ Chen, J Yu, J Wang, ZG He, NG Liu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Both the whistler waves and high‐frequency electrostatic waves (HFEWs), playing
significant roles in energy conversion, have been widely studied behind dipolarization fronts …

Observations of dynamical flux ropes and active multiple X‐line reconnection at Earth's magnetopause

ZH Zhong, GY Lei, M Zhou, M Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents the magnetospheric multiscale (MMS) observations of three flux ropes
(FRs) sequentially in a reconnection exhaust at Earth's magnetopause. Three active X‐lines …

Evidence for whistler waves propagating into the electron diffusion region of collisionless magnetic reconnection

ZH Zhong, M Zhou, DB Graham… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite a growing number of observations of whistler waves in/around the reconnection
diffusion region, the origin of the whistler waves in the diffusion region and their role in …