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New electric field in asymmetric magnetic reconnection
K Malakit1, M A Shay, P A Cassak
1Department of Physics, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA.
Abstract:
We present a theory and numerical evidence for the existence of a previously unexplored in-plane electric field in collisionless asymmetric magnetic reconnection. This electric field, dubbed the "Larmor electric field," is associated with finite Larmor radius effects and is distinct from the known Hall electric field. Potentially, it could be an important indicator for the upcoming Magnetospheric Multiscale mission to locate reconnection sites as we expect it to appear on the magnetospheric side, pointing earthward, at the dayside magnetopause reconnection site.
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