Journal
ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
Volume 28, Issue 10, Pages 1935-1943Publisher
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-1935-2010
Keywords
Magnetospheric physics; Storms and sub-storms; Space plasma physics; Magnetic reconnection
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The spontaneous onset of magnetic reconnection in thin plane collisionless current sheets is shown to result from a thermal-anisotropy driven non-relativistic magnetic electron Weibel-mode, generating seed-magnetic field X-points in the centre of the current layer. The proposed mechanism is of larger generality. It also works in the presence of magnetic guide fields.
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