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Low frequency Whistler waves excited in fast magnetic reconnection processes

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Whistler waves generated in fast magnetic reconnection processes of collisionless high beta plasmas are reviewed in experiments and satellite observations, as well as in theory and simulation, and further studied in the two-fluid theory. It is found that low frequency whistler waves can be excited in the ion inertial range of the reconnection region. The wave is found right-handed polarized with a quadrupolar out-of-plane magnetic perturbation, in accord with satellite observations in the geomagnetosphere.

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  1. State Key Lab of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Xiao-Gang Wang  (王晓钢)

  2. MOE Key Lab of Materials Modification by Beams, School of Physics and Opto-Eelectronic Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

    Qi-Bin Luan  (栾其斌)

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Wang, XG., Luan, QB. Low frequency Whistler waves excited in fast magnetic reconnection processes. Front. Phys. 8, 585–589 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-013-0369-x

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