Laboratory Realization of Magnetopause‐Like Reconnection in Space Plasma Environment Research Facility (SPERF)
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DOI: 10.1029/2025gl117351
Abstract: Magnetic reconnection explosively converts magnetic energy into plasma heating and particle acceleration. At Earth's magnetopause, reconnection governs solar wind‐magnetosphere coupling and drives global convection. Understanding these processes requires resolving reconnection's spatiotemporal evolution, which is difficult… read more here.
Keywords: space plasma; research; reconnection; magnetopause ... See more keywords
On the Determination of Kappa Distribution Functions from Space Plasma Observations
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DOI: 10.3390/e22020212
Abstract: The velocities of space plasma particles, often follow kappa distribution functions. The kappa index, which labels and governs these distributions, is an important parameter in understanding the plasma dynamics. Space science missions often carry plasma… read more here.
Keywords: plasma; space plasma; kappa distribution; distribution functions ... See more keywords