Authors:
- Provides the first observational evidence of energetic electrons associated with magnetic reconnection in the solar wind
- Proposes a combined acceleration model for the reconnection accelerated energetic electrons
- Suggests that flux variations, which are previously thought to have not enough relevance to magnetic reconnection, could be considered as an important signature of solar wind reconnection in the statistical point of view
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
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State Key Laboratory for Space Weather, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Yi Wang
About the author
Dr. Yi Wang
Education:
Ph.D. in Space Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, June, 2012
B.S. in Space Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, June, 2007
Professional Experience:
2012 July – present: Research Associate, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Research Interests:
Magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration; waves and turbulence in the solar wind.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Magnetic Cloud Boundary Layers and Magnetic Reconnection
Authors: Yi Wang
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48310-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-48309-1Published: 23 September 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51606-5Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-48310-7Published: 21 August 2015
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 72
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Geophysics and Environmental Physics, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Plasma Physics