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Magnetic Cloud Boundary Layers and Magnetic Reconnection

By Yi Wang (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2016
ISBN
978-3-662-48309-1, 978-3-662-48310-7
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-48310-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7543069 bytes)
Series
Springer Theses
Edition
1
Pages
XIII, 72\81
Time added
2015-11-25 16:51:03
Geophysics/Geodesy; Geophysics and Environmental PSpace Sciences; Plasma Physics

Description

This thesis focuses on magnetic reconnection processes in the boundary layer of the interplanetary magnetic cloud. Magnetic reconnection is an important and frontier topic in the realm of physics. Various physical phenomena can be observed during the reconnection process but lots of them are not fully understood. This thesis provides the first observational evidence of energetic electrons associated with magnetic reconnection in the solar wind and discusses the particle acceleration problems. In addition, after analyzing the particle flux variations in Magnetic Cloud Boundary Layer, the thesis proposes a possible new criterion for the identification of magnetic reconnection in the solar wind. These tantalizing results could be particular clues to understand the dynamical problems in magnetic reconnection processes.

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