{"paper":{"title":"Multi-scale observation of magnetotail reconnection onset: 2. microscopic dynamics","license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["physics.plasm-ph"],"primary_cat":"physics.space-ph","authors_text":"A. T. Rogers, B. L. Giles, C. Farrugia, C. G. Mouikis, C. T. Russell, D. J. Gershman, D. L. Turner, D. N. Baker, I. J. Cohen, J. L. Burch, J. M. Webster, J. R. Shuster, K. J. Genestreti, K. J. Trattner, L.-J. Chen, N. Ahmadi, P. H. Reiff, R. B. Torbert, R. E. Ergun, R. J. Strangeway, R. Nakamura, S. K. Vines, S. Lu, S. T. Bingham, T.-D. Phan, T. W. Leonard","submitted_at":"2023-11-09T14:47:13Z","abstract_excerpt":"We analyze the local dynamics of magnetotail reconnection onset using Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) data. In conjunction with MMS, the macroscopic dynamics of this event were captured by a number of other ground and space-based observatories, as is reported in a companion paper. We find that the local dynamics of the onset were characterized by the rapid thinning of the cross-tail current sheet below the ion inertial scale, accompanied by the growth of flapping waves and the subsequent onset of electron tearing. Multiple kinetic-scale magnetic islands were detected coincident with the growth"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"2311.05411","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"integrity":{"clean":true,"summary":{"advisory":0,"critical":0,"by_detector":{},"informational":0},"endpoint":"/pith/2311.05411/integrity.json","findings":[],"available":true,"detectors_run":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938"},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}