@Article{LuWLANAPLZBGRTGGRSQELBW:2020:MaReOn,
               author = "Lu, San and Wang, Rongsheng and Lu, Quanming and Angelopoulos, 
                         Vassilis and Nakamura, R. and Artemyev, A. V. and Pritchett, P. L. 
                         and Liu, T. Z. and Zhang, Xiao Jia and Baumjohann, W. and Gonzalez 
                         Alarcon, Walter Dem{\'e}trio and Rager, A. C. and Torbert, R. B. 
                         and Giles, B. L. and Gershman, D. J. and Russell, C. T. and 
                         Strangeway, R. J. and Qi, Y. and Ergun, R. E. and Lindqvist, P. A. 
                         and Burch, J. L. and Wang, Shui",
          affiliation = "{University of California} and {University of Science and 
                         Technology of China} and {University of Science and Technology of 
                         China} and {University of California} and {Austrian Academy of 
                         Sciences} and {University of California} and {University of 
                         California} and {University of California} and {University of 
                         California} and {Austrian Academy of Sciences} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Catholic University 
                         of America} and {University of New Hampshire} and {NASA Goddard 
                         Space Flight Center} and {NASA Goddard Space Flight Center} and 
                         {University of California} and {University of California} and 
                         {University of California} and {University of Colorado} and {Royal 
                         Institute of Technology} and {Southwest Research Institute} and 
                         {University of Science and Technology of China}",
                title = "Magnetotail reconnection onset caused by electron kinetics with a 
                         strong external driver",
              journal = "Nature Communications",
                 year = "2020",
               volume = "11",
               number = "1",
                pages = "e2049",
                month = "Dec.",
             abstract = "Magnetotail reconnection plays a crucial role in explosive energy 
                         conversion in geospace. Because of the lack of in-situ spacecraft 
                         observations, the onset mechanism of magnetotail reconnection, 
                         however, has been controversial for decades. The key question is 
                         whether magnetotail reconnection is externally driven to occur 
                         first on electron scales or spontaneously arising from an unstable 
                         configuration on ion scales. Here, we show, using spacecraft 
                         observations and particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations, that 
                         magnetotail reconnection starts from electron reconnection in the 
                         presence of a strong external driver. Our PIC simulations show 
                         that this electron reconnection then develops into ion 
                         reconnection. These results provide direct evidence for 
                         magnetotail reconnection onset caused by electron kinetics with a 
                         strong external driver.",
                  doi = "10.1038/s41467-020-18787-w",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18787-w",
                 issn = "2041-1723",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "s41467-020-18787-w.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "27 abr. 2024"
}