Laboratory Observations of Electron Heating and Non-Maxwellian Distributions at the Kinetic Scale during Electron-Only Magnetic Reconnection.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.025002
Abstract: Non-Maxwellian electron velocity distribution functions composed of a warm bulk population and a cold beam are directly measured during electron-only reconnection with a strong out-of-plane (guide) magnetic field in a laboratory plasma. Electron heating is… read more here.
Keywords: laboratory observations; electron heating; reconnection; scale electron ... See more keywords