In-situ observations of reconnection in space

G Paschmann, M Øieroset, T Phan - Space Science Reviews, 2013 - Springer
This paper gives an overview of the insights into the magnetic reconnection process
obtained by in-situ measurements across current sheets found in planetary magnetospheres …

The scientific foundations of forecasting magnetospheric space weather

JP Eastwood, R Nakamura, L Turc, L Mejnertsen… - Space Science …, 2017 - Springer
The magnetosphere is the lens through which solar space weather phenomena are focused
and directed towards the Earth. In particular, the non-linear interaction of the solar wind with …

Direct observations of the full Dungey convection cycle in the polar ionosphere for southward interplanetary magnetic field conditions

QH Zhang, M Lockwood, JC Foster… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Tracking the formation and full evolution of polar cap ionization patches in the polar
ionosphere, we directly observe the full Dungey convection cycle for southward …

The plasmaspheric plume and magnetopause reconnection

BM Walsh, TD Phan, DG Sibeck… - Geophysical Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We present near‐simultaneous measurements from two THEMIS spacecraft at the dayside
magnetopause with a 1.5 h separation in local time. One spacecraft observes a high‐density …

What controls the structure and dynamics of Earth's magnetosphere?

JP Eastwood, H Hietala, G Toth, TD Phan… - Space Science …, 2015 - Springer
Unlike most cosmic plasma structures, planetary magnetospheres can be extensively
studied in situ. In particular, studies of the Earth's magnetosphere over the past few decades …

The effect of current on magnetic null topology during turbulent reconnection

Z Wang, HS Fu, XH Chen, JB Cao, YY Liu… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Using data from the Cluster mission and the First-Order Taylor Expansion method, we
investigate the spiral magnetic nulls nested in the diffusion region of turbulent reconnection …

How much flux does a flux transfer event transfer?

RC Fear, L Trenchi, JC Coxon… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Flux transfer events are bursts of reconnection at the dayside magnetopause, which give
rise to characteristic signatures observed by a range of magnetospheric/ionospheric …

Magnetopause reconnection and energy conversion as influenced by the dipole tilt and the IMF Bx

S Hoilijoki, VM Souza, BM Walsh… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We study the effect of Earth's dipole tilt angle and interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) Bx and
By components on the location of reconnection and the energy conversion at the …

AME: a cross-scale constellation of CubeSats to explore magnetic reconnection in the solar–terrestrial relation

L Dai, C Wang, Z Cai, W Gonzalez, M Hesse… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A major subset of solar–terrestrial relations, responsible, in particular, for the driver of space
weather phenomena, is the interaction between the Earth's magnetosphere and the solar …

The spatial extent of magnetopause magnetic reconnection from in situ THEMIS measurements

EA Atz, BM Walsh, JM Broll… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause has long been studied with multi‐spacecraft
observations. In this work, data from the five satellite THEMIS mission during the years of …