Ion dynamics of magnetic reconnection in the magnetotail

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Jan 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997adspr..19.1827h&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research, Volume 19, Issue 12, p. 1827-1835.

Physics

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We discuss the kinetic processes of plasma thermalization, acceleration, and mixing in magnetic reconnection. Non-Maxwellian, gyrotropic ion distribution functions such as anisotropic ion beams in the plasma sheet boundary layer (PSBL) and counter-streaming ions (CSIs) in the plasma sheet are often observed during a plasmoid passage of a satellite in the Earth's magnetotail. Non-gyrotropic ion distribution functions are also sometimes observed just after the passage of the plasmoid. We study the behavior of non-Maxwellian ion distribution functions observed by GEOTAIL. We further study theoretically the ion dynamics by using a particle-in-cell simulation, and discuss the role of non-Maxwellian distribution functions in magnetic reconnection.

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