Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-22-167-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-22-167-2015
Brief communication
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16 Mar 2015
Brief communication |  | 16 Mar 2015

Brief Communication: The double layer in the separatrix region during magnetic reconnection

J. Guo and B. Yu

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (01 Mar 2015) by Bruce Tsurutani
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Short summary
The key finding is that an electron beam can be generated in the separatrix region as magnetic reconnection proceeds. This electron beam could trigger the ion-acoustic instability, and a double layer accompanied with electron holes can be found during the nonlinear evolution stage of this instability.