Speaker
Dr
Huishan Fu
(Beihang University)
Description
A magnetic reconnection event detected by Cluster is analyzed using three methods:
single-spacecraft inference, multi-spacecraft timing, and the first-order Taylor
expansion (FOTE). Using single-spacecraft method, we find that the structure is a
reconnection X-line; while using timing and FOTE analyses, we find it is a magnetic
island (O-line). We conclude that the best and fast way to identify a reconnection
event is FOTE, and therefore suggest using this method with the data from the forth-
coming MMS mission.
Primary author
Dr
Huishan Fu
(Beihang University)
Co-authors
Dr
Andris Vaivads
(Swedish Institute of Space Physics)
Dr
Elin Eriksson
(Swedish Institute of Space Physics)
Dr
Haoyu Lu
(Beihang University)
Dr
Jinbin Cao
(Beihang University)
Dr
Malcolm Dunlop
(Beihang University)
Dr
Mats Andre
(Swedish Institute of Space Physics)
Dr
Shiyong Huang
(Wuhan University)
Dr
Wenlong Liu
(Beihang University)
Dr
Yuduan Ma
(Beihang University)
Dr
Yuri Khotyaintsev
(Swedish Institute of Space Physics)
