This paper deals with acceleration processes in the magnetotail and the processes that
enhance particle precipitation from the tail into the ionosphere through electric fields in the …

Particles are accelerated to very high, non-thermal energies during explosive energy-
release phenomena in space, solar, and astrophysical plasma environments. While it has …

In magnetized astrophysical outflows, the dissipation of field energy into particle energy via
magnetic reconnection is often invoked to explain the observed non-thermal signatures. By …

Using fully kinetic simulations, we demonstrate that magnetic reconnection in relativistic
plasmas is highly efficient at accelerating particles through a first-order Fermi process …

Magnetic reconnection is thought to be the driver for many explosive phenomena in the
universe. The energy release and particle acceleration during reconnection have been …

An emerging paradigm for the dissipation of magnetic turbulence in the supersonic solar
wind is via localized small-scale reconnection processes, essentially between quasi-2D …

The relativistic wind of obliquely rotating pulsars consists of toroidal stripes of opposite
magnetic field polarity, separated by current sheets of hot plasma. By means of two-and …

The heating of electrons in collisionless magnetic reconnection is explored in particle-in-cell
simulations with non-zero guide fields so that electrons remain magnetized. In this regime …

Shock waves, as shown by simulations and observations, can generate high levels of
downstream vortical turbulence, including magnetic islands. We consider a combination of …

The mechanism that produces energetic electrons during magnetic reconnection is poorly
understood. This is a fundamental process responsible for stellar flares,, substorms,, and …