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Deng et al. 2004
Deng, X.H., Matsumoto, H., Kojima, H., Mukai, T., Anderson, R.R., Baumjohann, W. and Nakamura, R. (2004). Geotail encounter with reconnection diffusion region in the Earth's magnetotail: Evidence of multiple X lines collisionless reconnection?. Journal of Geophysical Research 109: doi: 10.1029/2003JA010031. issn: 0148-0227.

On 11 December 1994 the Geotail spacecraft encountered an active reconnection diffusion region around the X line in the Earth's magnetotail. Three interesting features were observed. One is quadrupole pattern of the out-of-plane By magnetic field component during the passage of magnetic islands and the crossing of the neutral sheet. The second is a direction reversal of the electron beams in the vicinity of the separatrix of the magnetic topology of reconnection. The third is a clear plasma flow reversal. By combining the observations of plasma, magnetic field, particles, and waves, this report may provide evidence of multiple X lines collisionless reconnection in the magnetotail at the microscopic level.

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Keywords
Space Plasma Physics, Magnetic reconnection, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetotail boundary layers, Space Plasma Physics, Charged particle motion and acceleration, Space Plasma Physics, Wave/particle interactions, Space Plasma Physics, Electrostatic structures
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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