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The present study is focused on the problem of reconstruction of the magnetic configuration in the magnetic reconnection electron diffusion region (EDR). The problem is addressed in the frame of electron magnetohydrodynamics with kept electron inertia term. We introduce the new reconstruction model independent of divergence of the electron pressure tensor and reconnection electric field. The model is tested on the magnetotail reconnection event of July 11, 2017 observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft in the course of crossing the very core part of the reconnection region, the internal EDR. This new model demonstrates considerably better accuracy of the longitudinal electron velocity reconstruction due to the lower sensitivity to the configuration deviation from the two-dimensional time-independent model adopted in our study. We suggest also a new technique to estimate the guide field, implementing the reconstruction of magnetic potential of the in-plane magnetic field and relying on symmetric properties of magnetic reconnection.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2020JA029045
Number of pages19
Journaljournal of geophysical research: Space Physics
Volume126
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2021

    Scopus subject areas

  • Geophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

    Research areas

  • MAGNETIC RECONNECTION, MAGNETOTAIL, MAGNETOPAUSE, SPACECRAFT

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