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 …

Magnetotail reconnection plays a crucial role in explosive energy conversion in geospace.
Because of the lack of in-situ spacecraft observations, the onset mechanism of magnetotail …

Standard magnetic reconnection couples with both electron‐and ion dynamics. Recently, a
new type of magnetic reconnection, electron‐only reconnection without the coupling of ion …

Electrostatic solitary waves (ESWs) have been reported inside reconnection jets, but their
source and role remain unclear hitherto. Here we present the first observational evidence of …

Electrons in earth's magnetotail are energized significantly both in the form of heating and in
the form of acceleration to non-thermal energies. While magnetic reconnection is considered …

Using the high‐resolution measurements from magnetospheric multiscale mission, here we
present the observational evidence of kinetic interchange instabilities (ICIs) at dipolarization …

Formation of thin current sheets in Earth's magnetotail is a critical element of the
magnetosphere dynamics. The configuration and stability of these thin current sheets control …

Abstract Using 3‐D particle‐in‐cell simulations, we study magnetic reconnection with the X‐
line being spatially confined in the current direction. We include thick current layers to …

By comparing an electron‐only reconnection event with a traditional reconnection event
observed in the magnetotail, we illustrate the differences between and similarities of the two …

Thin current sheets (TCS) formed in Earth's magnetotail and hosting magnetic field line
reconnection are important element of magnetospheric dynamics. In this paper, a statistical …