We are active in three main areas of magnetospheric research: the cusp,
the magnetopause and magnetotail
& substorm physics. In addition we are studying key boundaries such
as the bow shock and the underlying physical processes which form them.
We are
particularly interested in magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause
and in the magnetotail.
The principal tool we use for this research is data from the ESA
4-spacecraft Cluster mission and China/ESA Double Star mission. We also
use data from the Polar, Interball, Geotail, ACE and Wind
satellites.
Current active research areas:
Sun-Earth connections
Magnetopause reconnection and Flux Transfer Events
Dynamics and structure of the cusp region
Wave-particle interaction in the cusp
Formation and properties of the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer
Large-scale waves at the flank magnetopause
Particle acceleration during the magnetotail reconnection
Dynamics and properties of the magnetotail current sheet
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