Pressure-Strain Interaction Producing Parallel Electric Fields in a Magnetotail Reconnection Region
1 : Southwest Research Institute
* : Corresponding author
Owing to the different responses of electrons and ions, the compressive component of the pressure-strain interaction, ptheta, can possibly lead to the formation of parallel electric fields. We investigated this possibility during the 10 August 2017 magnetotail reconnection event observed by MMS. We found good correlation between ptheta and Epar near the X line. PIC simulations also show this correlation but only if done in 3D, which may result from the presence of a weak guide field.
| Subject : | : | Abstract |
| Comment | : | Oral requested |
| Topics | : | Reconnection studies |
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