Thursday, January 24, 2008
New Data on Magnetic Reconnection
Cluster satellites have observed the extent of the region that triggers "magnetic reconnection." Until recently, theoretical scientists believed that the "electron diffusion" region was relatively tiny (width about 2 km, length about 10 km). The length of the observed region measured 3000 km, 300 times longer than seen in recent simulations.
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