LEADER 04092nam 22006015 450 001 9910427689903321 005 20250610110437.0 010 $a3-030-56142-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-56142-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000011401207 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6320888 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-56142-0 035 $a(PPN)269147519 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6320720 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29228852 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011401207 100 $a20200827d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMicrophysics of Magnetic Reconnection in Near-Earth Space $eSpacecraft Observations and Numerical Simulations /$fby Giulia Cozzani 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (176 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,$x2190-5053 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a3-030-56141-0 327 $aIntroduction -- Fundamental Concepts Associated with Magnetic Reconnection -- Magnetic Reconnection at the Earth's Magnetosphere -- Methods of Spacecraft Data Analysis. 330 $aThis book presents recent advances in the physics of magnetic reconnection, investigated via both in situ spacecraft observations and fully kinetic numerical simulations. Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process in plasma physics during which the topological reconfiguration of the magnetic field leads to energy conversion and particle energization. The book focuses on the physics of the electron diffusion region (EDR), a crucial region where the electrons are decoupled from the magnetic field and efficiently accelerated by the electric field. By using recent, high-resolution measurements provided by NASA?s Magnetospheric MultiScale Mission (MMS), the book investigates the structure of the EDR at the Earth?s magnetopause. The presented analysis provides evidence for an inhomogeneous and patchy EDR structure. The structure of the EDR appears to be more complex than the in laminar picture suggested by previous observations and simulations. Then, electrons dynamics in the EDR is studied using a novel, fully kinetic Eulerian Vlasov?Darwin model that has been implemented in the Vlasov?DArwin numerical code (ViDA), explained in detail in the book. Lastly, the book covers the testing of this new code, and investigates the contributions of the different terms in the generalized Ohm?s law within the EDR, highlighting the role of the electron inertia term. This thesis has been nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas ? École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France. 410 0$aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,$x2190-5053 606 $aSpace sciences 606 $aPlasma (Ionized gases) 606 $aMathematical physics 606 $aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22030 606 $aPlasma Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P24040 606 $aTheoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19005 615 0$aSpace sciences. 615 0$aPlasma (Ionized gases) 615 0$aMathematical physics. 615 14$aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). 615 24$aPlasma Physics. 615 24$aTheoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics. 676 $a538.766 700 $aCozzani$b Giulia$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0843398 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910427689903321 996 $aMicrophysics of Magnetic Reconnection in Near-Earth Space$91882004 997 $aUNINA