Open AccessFirst Results from NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission
Author(s) -
Andrew Yau
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 - 10.1029/2018eo057115
Subject(s) - astrobiology , magnetosphere , aerospace engineering , aeronautics , physics , geophysics , astronomy , environmental science , plasma , engineering , quantum mechanics
Understanding magnetic reconnection is important in the context of Sun-Earth Connection, because of the resulting exchange of mass and energy, and the large amount of energy involved.