TITLE

# The structure of the electron outflow jet in collisionless magnetic reconnection

AUTHOR(S)
Hesse, Michael; Zenitani, Seiji; Klimas, Alex
PUB. DATE
November 2008
SOURCE
Physics of Plasmas;11/1/2008, Vol. 15 Issue 11, p112102
SOURCE TYPE
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Particle-in-cell simulations and analytic theory are applied to the study of the electron outflow jet in collisionless magnetic reconnection. In these jets, which have also been identified in spacecraft observations, electron flow speeds in thin layers exceed the EÃ—B drift, suggesting that electrons are unmagnetized. In this study, we find the surprising result that the electron flow jets can be explained by a combination of EÃ—B drifts and of diamagnetic effects through the combination of the gradients of particle pressure and of the magnetic field. In a suitably rotated coordinate system, the electron motion is readily decomposed into EÃ—B drift and the motion to support the required current density, consistent with electron gyrotropy. This process appears to be nondissipative.
ACCESSION #
35541242

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