Space Plasma Physics Group (SPPG) | University of Bergen
Space Research and Space Weather
Cecilia Norgren receives FRIPRO funding from Norges forskningsråd for her proposal ‘Xplode – Why, how, and where do magnetic fields discharge?’. Through a combined use of kinetic particle-in-cell simulations and in situ spacecraft observations by the Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) mission, the project will aim to answer the questions of when and where magnetic reconnection is Read More …
Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental plasma process that converts magnetic energy to plasma energy, accelerating and heating it. This process plays an important role in shaping plasma environments throughout the Universe, and is the driver of large-scale magnetospheric dynamics directly impacting our ionosphere. Magnetic reconnection powers coronal mass ejections (CMEs), is an intrinsic part of Read More …