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@article{Innocenti:2017:10.1002/2017GL073092,
author = {Innocenti, ME and Cazzola, E and Mistry, R and Eastwood, JP and Goldman, MV and Newman, DL and Markidis, S and Lapenta, G},
doi = {10.1002/2017GL073092},
journal = {GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS},
pages = {3447--3455},
title = {Switch-off slow shock/rotational discontinuity structures in collisionless magnetic reconnection: What to look for in satellite observations},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073092},
volume = {44},
year = {2017}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - In Innocenti et al. (2015) we have observed and characterized for the first time Petschek-like switch-off slow shock/rotational discontinuity (SO-SS/RD) compound structures in a 2-D fully kinetic simulation of collisionless magnetic reconnection. Observing these structures in the solar wind or in the magnetotail would corroborate the possibility that Petschek exhausts develop in collisionless media as a result of single X point collisionless reconnection. Here we highlight their signatures in simulations with the aim of easing their identification in observations. The most notable signatures include a four-peaked ion current profile in the out-of-plane direction, associated ion distribution functions, increased electron and ion anisotropy downstream the SS, and increased electron agyrotropy downstream the RDs.
AU - Innocenti,ME
AU - Cazzola,E
AU - Mistry,R
AU - Eastwood,JP
AU - Goldman,MV
AU - Newman,DL
AU - Markidis,S
AU - Lapenta,G
DO - 10.1002/2017GL073092
EP - 3455
PY - 2017///
SN - 0094-8276
SP - 3447
TI - Switch-off slow shock/rotational discontinuity structures in collisionless magnetic reconnection: What to look for in satellite observations
T2 - GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073092
UR - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000401847500003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/48660
VL - 44
ER -