Hybrid simulations show electron-only reconnection arises in solar wind turbulence via secondary plasmoid interactions from ion reconnection and electron Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities, with subion-scale current sheets dominating.
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Secondary Electron-Only Reconnection Driven by Large Scale Ion-Coupled Reconnection and Electron Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilities in Hybrid Simulations of Solar Wind Turbulence
Hybrid simulations show electron-only reconnection arises in solar wind turbulence via secondary plasmoid interactions from ion reconnection and electron Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities, with subion-scale current sheets dominating.