Evidence of a Non-Orthogonal X-Line in Guide-Field Magnetic Reconnection

Neha Pathak1, Robert Ergun2, Yi Qi3, Steven J Schwartz4, Tien Vo5, Maria Usanova6, Michael Hesse7, Tai Phan8, James Frederick Drake9, Stefan Eriksson10, Narges Ahmadi5, Alexandros Chasapis2, Frederick Wilder, Julia E Stawarz12, James L Burch13, Kevin James Genestreti14, Roy B Torbert15 and Rumi Nakamura16, (1)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA, United States, (2)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of California, Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Science, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, (5)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (6)University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, (7)University of Bergen, Space Plasma Physics Group, Bergen, Norway, (8)Univ California, Berkeley, CA, United States, (9)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (10)Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (11)Imperial College London, Space and Atmospheric Physics, London, SW7, United Kingdom, (12)Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, San Antonio, United States, (13)University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (14)University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States, (15)Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria