Fine Structure of Energy Dissipation during Reconnection with a Strong Guide Field
1 : University of New Hampshire
2 : Southwest Research Institute
3 : University of New Hampshire
4 : LANL
The presence of a guide field can significantly affect the dynamics of reconnection and introduce additional fine structure to the diffusion region and separatrices. In this study we analyze a symmetric reconnection event in the magnetosheath with a strong guide field and investigate the patterns of energy dissipation as well as the generation of electron Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices from strong flow shears along the separatrices near the diffusion region.
| Subject : | : | Abstract |
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| Topics | : | Reconnection studies |
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