Energy dissipation in turbulent reconnection
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چکیده
We study the nature of pressure-strain interaction at reconnection sites, detected by NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission. employ data from a series published case studies, including large-scale event magnetopause, three small-scale events magnetosheath current sheets, and one example recently discovered electron-only reconnection. In all instances, we find that shows signature conversion into (or from) internal energy site. The electron heating rate is larger than ion compressive dominant over incompressive in cases considered. magnitude thermal close to electromagnetic region. Although most indicates particle increasing, decreasing. These observations indicate can be used as an independent measure dynamics regions, particular measures based on work. Finally, explore selected site turbulent Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulation which further supports observational results.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physics of Plasmas
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1070-664X', '1527-2419', '1089-7674']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0071015