Cross-scale physics and the acceleration of particles in collisionless plasmas throughout the Heliosphere and beyond: II. Magnetic reconnection
Whitepaper #399 in the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033. Main topics: basic research. Additional topics: fundamental space plasma theory; emerging opportunities.
by Drew L. Turner, Kevin Genestreti, Matt Argall, Harry Arnold, Joachim Birn, Jim Burch, George Clark, Ian J. Cohen, Jim Drake, Robert Ergun, Stefan Eriksson, Christine Gabrielse, Imogen Gingell, Benoit Lavraud, Justin Lee, Yi-Hsin Liu, Mitsuo Oka, Andrei Runov, Misha Sitnov, Jim Slavin, Harlan Spence, Julia Stawarz, and Sasha Ukhorskiy
Published onJul 31, 2023
Cross-scale physics and the acceleration of particles in collisionless plasmas throughout the Heliosphere and beyond: II. Magnetic reconnection
Earth’s magnetotail is an ideal natural laboratory to study particle acceleration associated with magnetic reconnection; dedicate research there. Heliophysics should also consider studying reconnection-related acceleration in other space plasma environments including: solar and solar wind; Jupiter’s magnetosphere; Uranus’ magnetosphere; the heliosheath, heliopause, and local interstellar medium.
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