Magnetotail reconnection onset caused by electron kinetics with a strong external driver
Magnetotail reconnection plays a crucial role in explosive energy conversion in geospace. Here, the authors show that magnetotail reconnection starts from electron reconnection in the presence of a strong external driver, which then develops into ion reconnection.
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Main Authors: | San Lu, Rongsheng Wang, Quanming Lu, V. Angelopoulos, R. Nakamura, A. V. Artemyev, P. L. Pritchett, T. Z. Liu, X.-J. Zhang, W. Baumjohann, W. Gonzalez, A. C. Rager, R. B. Torbert, B. L. Giles, D. J. Gershman, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, Y. Qi, R. E. Ergun, P.-A. Lindqvist, J. L. Burch, Shui Wang |
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Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2020
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/7d4a9d5a99f34358a2787c2a549adb03 |
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