Abstract: Electron pitch angle (D(sub (alpha alpha))) and momentum (D(sub pp)) diffusion coefficients have been calculated…
Author: New NASA STI
MMS Observations of Electron-Scale Filamentary Currents in the Reconnection Exhaust and Near the X Line
Abstract: We report Magnetospheric Multiscale observations of macroscopic and electron-scale current layers in asymmetric reconnection. By…
Magnetospheric Multiscale Satellites Observations of Parallel Electric Fields Associated with Magnetic Reconnection
Abstract: We report observations from the Magnetospheric Multiscale satellites of parallel electric fields (E (sub parallel))…
Magnetospheric Multiscale Satellite Observations of Parallel Electron Acceleration in Magnetic Field Reconnection by Fermi Reflection from Time Domain Structures
Abstract: The same time domain structures (TDS) have been observed on two Magnetospheric Multiscale Satellites near…
Survey of Galileo Plasma Observations in Jupiter’s Plasma Sheet
Abstract: The plasma science (PLS) Instrument on the Galileo spacecraft (orbiting Jupiter from December 1995 to…
The Response Time of the Magnetopause Reconnection Location to Changes in the Solar Wind: MMS Case Study
Abstract: Reconnection at the Earth's magnetopause is the mechanism by which magnetic fields in different regions…
Simulation of a Rapid Dropout Event for Highly Relativistic Electrons with the RBE Model
Abstract: A flux dropout is a sudden and sizable decrease in the energetic electron population of…
Characterizing Cometary Electrons with Kappa Distributions
Abstract: The Rosetta spacecraft has escorted comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko since 6 August 2014 and has offered an…
Observations of Large-Amplitude, Parallel, Electrostatic Waves Associated with the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability by the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission
Abstract: On 8 September 2015, the four Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft encountered a Kelvin-Helmholtz unstable magnetopause near…
Study of the Spacecraft Potential Under Active Control and Plasma Density Estimates During the MMS Commissioning Phase
Abstract: Each spacecraft of the recently launched magnetospheric multiscale MMS mission is equipped with Active Spacecraft…