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Energy Conversion at Kinetic Scales in the Turbulent Magnetosheath
Austrian Acad Sci, Space Res Inst, Graz, Austria;Hungarian Acad Sci, Geodet & Geophys Inst, Sopron, Hungary.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Physics, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala Division.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9707-3147
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Physics, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala Division.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5550-3113
Austrian Acad Sci, Space Res Inst, Graz, Austria.
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2019 (English)In: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, E-ISSN 2296-987X, Vol. 6, article id 60Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The process of conversion or dissipation of energy in nearly collisionless turbulent space plasma, is yet to be fully understood. The existing models offer different energy dissipation mechanisms which are based on wave particle interactions or non-resonant stochastic heating. There are other mechanisms of irreversible processes in space. For example, turbulence generated coherent structures, e.g., current sheets are ubiquitous in the solar wind and quasi-parallel magnetosheath. Reconnecting current sheets in plasma turbulence are converting magnetic energy to kinetic and thermal energy. It is important to understand how the multiple (reconnecting) current sheets contribute to spatial distribution of turbulent dissipation. However, detailed studies of such complex structures have been possible mainly via event studies in proper coordinate systems, in which the local inflow/outflow, electric and magnetic field directions, and gradients could be studied. Here we statistically investigate different energy exchange/dissipation (EED) measures defined in local magnetic field-aligned coordinates, as well as frame-independent scalars. The presented statistical comparisons based on the unique high-resolution MMS data contribute to better understanding of the plasma heating problem in turbulent space plasmas.

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2019. Vol. 6, article id 60
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plasma turbulence, current sheets, magnetic reconnection, terrestrial magnetosheath, plasma heating
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Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-394953DOI: 10.3389/fspas.2019.00060ISI: 000485744300001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-394953DiVA, id: diva2:1362697
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