NASA's MMS mission has redefined magnetic reconnection studies Over 1,500 scientific papers have been published using MMS ...

According to the radial diffusion model, electrons are transported to within 2.5 Earth radii (Re) during magnetic storms ... into particle energy by magnetic reconnection. Radial diffusion may ...

Fundamental physics of magnetic reconnection Radiative relativistic magnetic reconnection and associated nonthermal particle acceleration and radiation emission, and astrophysical applications such as ...

This possibly indicates complex particle acceleration mechanisms such as magnetic reconnection. Moreover, the images show ...

Theoretical work is on (1) double layers, electron phase-space holes, and other nonlinear plasma structures, associated with particle acceleration (2) magnetic reconnection, (3) wave generation and ...

and their implications extend beyond the study of turbulence itself to particle transport and acceleration, magnetic reconnection, star formation, and all other relevant physical processes from ...