ESA Science & Technology - Recent in-situ observations of magnetic reconnection in near-Earth space

Publication date: 12 October 2008

Authors: Paschmann, G.

Journal: Geophys. Res. Lett.
Volume: 35
Issue: 19
ID: L19019
Year: 2008

Copyright: American Geophysical Union

The paper presents a brief review of recent in-situ observations of reconnection in space, with emphasis on results pertaining to the question of anti-parallel versus component reconnection, the implied spatial and temporal scales, the location of the reconnection sites, particle acceleration, reconnection rates, the dependence on plasma beta, and the properties of the diffusion region.