Open AccessElectrons Thrown Off Course in Near-Earth Magnetic Reconnection
Author(s) -
A. K. Higginson
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo051175
Subject(s) - magnetic reconnection , earth (classical element) , course (navigation) , astrobiology , electron , physics , geophysics , astronomy , magnetic field , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics
NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission detects energy differences in electrons scattered by magnetic reconnection.