Pressure Tensor Elements Breaking the Frozen-In Law During Reconnection in Earth’s Magnetotail
Loading...
Author/Creator
Author/Creator ORCID
Date
2019-11-25
Type of Work
Department
Program
Citation of Original Publication
Egedal, J. et al.; Pressure Tensor Elements Breaking the Frozen-In Law During Reconnection in Earth’s Magnetotail; Physical Review Letters, 123, 225101, 25 November, 2019; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.225101
Rights
This item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.
Public Domain Mark 1.0
This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.
Public Domain Mark 1.0
This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.
Subjects
Abstract
Aided by fully kinetic simulations, spacecraft observations of magnetic reconnection in Earth’s magnetotail are analyzed. The structure of the electron diffusion region is in quantitative agreement with the numerical model. Of special interest, the spacecraft data reveal how reconnection is mediated by off-diagonal stress in the electron pressure tensor breaking the frozen-in law of the electron fluid.