The diffusion region in collisionless magnetic reconnection

Michael Hesse; Thomas Neukirch; Karl Schindler; Masha Kuznetsova; Seiji Zenitani

doi:10.1007/s11214-010-9740-1

The diffusion region in collisionless magnetic reconnection

Michael Hesse, Thomas Neukirch, Karl Schindler, Masha Kuznetsova, Seiji Zenitani

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A review of present understanding of the dissipation region in magnetic reconnection is presented. The review focuses on results of the thermal inertia-based dissipation mechanism but alternative mechanisms are mentioned as well. For the former process, a combination of analytical theory and numerical modeling is presented. Furthermore, a new relation between the electric field expressions for anti-parallel and guide field reconnection is developed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-23
Journal	Space Science Reviews
Volume	160
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-010-9740-1
Publication status	Published - Oct 2011

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Equilibrium and Dynamics of Collision: Equilibrium amd Dynamics of Collisionless Current Sheets
Neukirch, T. (PI)
The Leverhulme Trust
1/06/10 → 28/02/14
Project: Standard
Solar & Magnetospheric Plasma Theory: Solar and Magnetospheric plasma theory
Hood, A. W. (PI), Neukirch, T. (CoI) & Roberts, B. (CoI)
Science & Technology Facilities Council
1/04/10 → 31/03/15
Project: Standard

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Equilibrium and Dynamics of Collision: Equilibrium amd Dynamics of Collisionless Current Sheets

Solar & Magnetospheric Plasma Theory: Solar and Magnetospheric plasma theory

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