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In situ evidence of magnetic reconnection in turbulent plasma

André, M.; Vaivads, A.; Owen, C. J. +3 more

Magnetic reconnection is a universal process leading to energy conversion in plasmas. It occurs in the Solar System, in laboratory plasmas and is important in astrophysics . Reconnection has been observed so far only at large-scale boundaries between different plasma environments . It is not known whether reconnection occurs and is important in tu…

Satellite observations of separator-line geometry of three-dimensional magnetic reconnection

Escoubet, C. P.; Dandouras, I.; Glassmeier, K. -H. +14 more

Detection of a separator line that connects magnetic nulls and the determination of the dynamics and plasma environment of such a structure can improve our understanding of the three-dimensional (3D) magnetic reconnection process. However, this type of field and particle configuration has not been directly observed in space plasmas. Here we report…