Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 155101 (2021)https://ireap.umd.edu/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.1551012021
P.S. Pyakurel Michael A. Shay James F. Drake T.D. Phan P.A. Cassak J.L. Verniero
Journal ArticlePlasma, Accelerator, and Nuclear Physics

Observations in Earth’s turbulent magnetosheath downstream of a quasiparallel bow shock reveal a prevalence of electron-scale current sheets favorable for electron-only reconnection where ions are not coupled to the reconnecting magnetic fields.


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