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Observations and simulations of non-local acceleration of electrons in magnetotail magnetic reconnection events

Hwang, Kyoung-Joo; Kivelson, Margaret G.; Schriver, David +6 more

Magnetic reconnection in magnetized plasmas represents a change in magnetic field topology and is associated with a concomitant energization of charged particles that results from a conversion of magnetic energy into particle energy. In Earth's magnetosphere this process is associated with the entry of the solar wind into the magnetosphere and wit…