Magnetic Reconnection Inside a Flux Transfer Event-Like Structure in Magnetopause Kelvin-Helmholtz Waves

• Main Authors: R. Kieokaew, B. Lavraud, C. Foullon, S. Toledo-Redondo, N. Fargette, K. J. Hwang, K. Malakit, D. Ruffolo, M. Øieroset, T. D. Phan, H. Hasegawa, S. Fadanelli, L. Avanov, J. Burch, D. J. Gershman, B. Giles, J. Dorelli, V. Génot, C. Jacquey, T. Moore, W. Paterson, C. Pollock, A. Rager, Y. Saito, J. A. Sauvaud, C. Schiff, Y. Vernisse, E. Penou
• Other Authors: Space Sciences Laboratory at UC Berkeley
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Earth and Planetary Sciences; Environmental Science
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/57608
• Institution: Mahidol University

©2020. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Magnetopause Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) waves are believed to mediate solar wind plasma transport via small-scale mechanisms. Vortex-induced reconnection (VIR) was predicted in simulations and recently observed using NASA's Magnetospheric Multi...