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Coalescence of magnetic flux ropes in the ion diffusion region of magnetic reconnection

Wang, Shui; Huang, Can; Guo, Fan +7 more

Merging magnetic flux ropes, which are believed to play an important role in magnetic reconnection, have now been clearly identified. Observations show that coalescence is indeed closely related to reconnection dynamics and also to turbulence.

Cross-scale energy transport in space plasmas

Nykyri, K.; Moore, T. W.; Dimmock, A. P.

The solar wind is a supersonic magnetized plasma streaming far into the heliosphere. Although cooling as it flows, it is rapidly heated upon encountering planetary obstacles. At Earth, this interaction forms the magnetosphere and its sub-regions. The present paper focuses on particle heating across the boundary separating the shocked solar wind an…

In situ observations of waves in Venus's polar lower thermosphere with Venus Express aerobraking

Svedhem, Håkan; Bruinsma, Sean; Marty, Jean-Charles +1 more

The final stage of the Venus Express mission involved aerobraking — or deceleration by atmospheric drag — through the upper atmosphere above the northern pole of Venus. Concurrent measurements revealed two kinds of waves.

A journey through scales

Retinò, Alessandro

Direct satellite observations of energy transfer between large and small space plasma scales contribute to our understanding of how matter in the Universe gets hot.

Rosetta mission: Space oddity

Georgescu, Iulia