Kinetic Alfvén Wave Turbulence and Transport through a Reconnection Diffusion Region
| dc.contributor.author | Chaston, C. C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Johnson, J. R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wilber, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Acuna, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Goldstein, Melvyn | |
| dc.contributor.author | Reme, H. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-13T19:56:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-13T19:56:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-01-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We demonstrate from observations that kinetic Alfvén waves may play an important role in facilitating magnetic reconnection. These waves radiate outwards from the diffusion region oblique to the magnetic field in a conelike pattern delimited by the X line separatrices with outward energy fluxes equivalent to that contained in the outstreaming ions. It is shown that the wave vectors reverse across the X and symmetry lines and have a large out of plane component. We estimate that these waves drive significant transport through the diffusion region. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This research was supported by NSF Grant No. ATM0602728 and NASA Grants No. NNG05GL27G-06/08, No. NNH07AF37I, and No. NNG07EK69I. We appreciate input from F. Mozer, I. Roth, and J. Eastwood. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.015001 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 4 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2r51e-rat5 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Chaston, C. C., J. R. Johnson, M. Wilber, M. Acuna, M. L. Goldstein, and H. Reme. “Kinetic Alfvén Wave Turbulence and Transport through a Reconnection Diffusion Region.” Physical Review Letters 102, no. 1 (January 8, 2009): 015001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.015001. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.015001 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/30755 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | APS | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute (GPHI) | |
| dc.rights | 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. | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ | * |
| dc.title | Kinetic Alfvén Wave Turbulence and Transport through a Reconnection Diffusion Region | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |
| dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5317-988X | en_US |