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Direct Observations of Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar Wind Current Sheets near Mars

  • Authors: Chi Zhang, Chuanfei Dong, Xinmin Li, Han-Wen Shen, Jasper Halekas, Tai Phan, Christian Mazelle, Yuki Harada, Hongyang Zhou, Jiawei Gao, Liang Wang, Shannon Curry, David L. Mitchell

Chi Zhang et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1004 .

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(a) Magnetic field components in MSO coordinates. (b) Magnetic field components in LMN coordinates, showing a bifurcated signature in ﹩{B}_{L}﹩. (c) Ion bulk velocity ﹩{V}_{L}﹩, exhibiting a clear ion jet. (d) Ion velocity components ﹩{V}_{M}﹩ and ﹩{V}_{N}﹩. (e) Walén test comparing plasma velocity and Alfvén velocity, with the linear fit shown. (f) Schematic illustration of the event, depicting the spacecraft trajectory relative to the background solar wind flow, together with the reconnection exhaust and reconnection site (not to scale).

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