| dc.contributor.author | Ng, Jonathan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Le, Ari Yitzchak | |
| dc.contributor.author | Daughton, W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chen, L.-J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-31T16:08:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-05-31T16:08:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-02 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2010-10 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0031-9007 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63139 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Strong electron pressure anisotropy has been observed upstream of electron diffusion regions during reconnection in Earth’s magnetotail and kinetic simulations. For collisionless antiparallel reconnection, we find that the anisotropy drives the electron current in the electron diffusion region, and that this current is insensitive to the reconnection electric field. Reconstruction of the electron distribution function within this region at enhanced resolutions reveals its highly structured nature and the mechanism by which the pressure anisotropy sets the structure of the region. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Grant No. NNX10AL11G) | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (CAREER grant No. 0844620) | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Heliophysics Theory Program at LANL) | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.065002 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
| dc.source | APS | en_US |
| dc.title | Kinetic Structure of the Electron Diffusion Region in Antiparallel Magnetic Reconnection | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ng, J. et al. "Kinetic Structure of the Electron Diffusion Region in Antiparallel Magnetic Reconnection.” “Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 065002 (2011)© 2011 American Physical Society. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics | en_US |
| dc.contributor.approver | Egedal-Pedersen, Jan | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Egedal-Pedersen, Jan | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Ng, Jonathan | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Le, Ari Yitzchak | |
| dc.relation.journal | Physical Review Letters | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Ng, J.; Egedal, J.; Le, A.; Daughton, W.; Chen, L.-J. | en |
| dspace.mitauthor.error | true | |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
| mit.metadata.status | Complete | |
