Distinct characteristics of asymmetric magnetic reconnections: Observational results from the exhaust region at the dayside magnetopause | |
Zhang, Y. C.; Zhang, YC (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Space Sci Ctr, State Key Lab Space Weather, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China.; Zhang, YC (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Key Lab Earth & Planetary Phys, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China. | |
Department | 空间科学部 |
Source Publication | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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2016 | |
Volume | 6Pages:27592 |
ISSN | 2045-2322 |
Language | 英语 |
Abstract | Magnetic reconnection plays a key role in the conversion of magnetic energy into the thermal and kinetic energy of plasma. On either side of the diffusion region in space plasma, the conditions for the occurrence of reconnections are usually not symmetric. Previous theoretical studies have predicted that reconnections under asymmetric conditions will bear different features compared with those of symmetric reconnections, and numerical simulations have verified these distinct features. However, to date, the features of asymmetric reconnections have not been thoroughly investigated using in situ observations; thus, some results from theoretical studies and simulations have not been tested with observations sufficiently well. Here, spacecraft observations are used in a statistical investigation of asymmetric magnetic reconnection exhaust at the dayside magnetopause. The resulting observational features are consistent with the theoretical predictions. The results presented here advance our understanding of the development of reconnections under asymmetric conditions. |
Indexed By | SCI |
Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.nssc.ac.cn/handle/122/5541 |
Collection | 空间科学部 |
Corresponding Author | Zhang, YC (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Space Sci Ctr, State Key Lab Space Weather, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China.; Zhang, YC (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Key Lab Earth & Planetary Phys, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China. |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Y. C.,Zhang, YC ,Zhang, YC . Distinct characteristics of asymmetric magnetic reconnections: Observational results from the exhaust region at the dayside magnetopause[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2016,6:27592. |
APA | Zhang, Y. C.,Zhang, YC ,&Zhang, YC .(2016).Distinct characteristics of asymmetric magnetic reconnections: Observational results from the exhaust region at the dayside magnetopause.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,6,27592. |
MLA | Zhang, Y. C.,et al."Distinct characteristics of asymmetric magnetic reconnections: Observational results from the exhaust region at the dayside magnetopause".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 6(2016):27592. |
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