title: Kinetic Alfvén Wave Turbulence and Transport through a Reconnection Diffusion Region.
abstract: We demonstrate from observations that kinetic Alfvén waves may play an important role in facilitating magnetic reconnection. These waves radiate outwards from the diffusion region oblique to the magnetic field in a conelike pattern delimited by the X line separatrices with outward energy fluxes equivalent to that contained in the outstreaming ions. It is shown that the wave vectors reverse across the X and symmetry lines and have a large out of plane component. We estimate that these waves drive significant transport through the diffusion region.
authors.affiliation: Space Science Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chaston
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilber
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Acuna
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reme