2D Reconstruction of Magnetotail Electron Diffusion Region Measured by MMS

• Published in: Geophysical research letters Vol. 49; no. 19
• Main Authors: Schroeder, J. M., Egedal, J., Cozzani, G., Khotyaintsev, Yu. V., Daughton, W., Denton, R. E., Burch, J. L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 16.10.2022; American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Subjects: Aerospace environments; Diffusion; Dynamics; Earth; Electron diffusion; Electrons; Fluid flow; Geomagnetic field; Geomagnetic tail; Image reconstruction; Magnetic field; Magnetic fields; Magnetic reconnection; magnetosphere; magnetotail; Magnetotails; Modelling; Orbital mechanics; reconnection; Simulation; Spacecraft; Three dimensional models; Two dimensional models

Models for collisionless magnetic reconnection in near‐Earth space are distinctly characterized as 2D or 3D. In 2D kinetic models, the frozen‐in law for the electron fluid is usually broken by laminar dynamics involving structures set by the electron orbit size, while in 3D models the width of the e...