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Member Since 2013
Weijie Sun
Assistant Research Physicist, University of California Berkeley
Member, Space Physics and Aeronomy Canvassing Committee
Professional Experience
University of California Berkeley
Assistant Research Physicist
2023 - Present
Education
Peking University
Doctorate
Publications
Spontaneously Generated Flux Ropes in 3‐D Magnetic Reconnection
Magnetic reconnection is the key to explosive phenomena in the universe. The flux rope is crucial in three‐dimensional magnetic reconnection ...
December 25, 2024
Transport and Distribution of Sodium Ions in Mercury's Magne...
December 13, 2024
Electron Vortex Generation in Earth's Collisionless Bow Shoc...
September 20, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Nature of Reconnection X-line Associated with Dissipating Earthward Flux Ropes: MMS Observations
MAGNETIC RECONNECTION: CONNECTING IDEAS FROM OBSERVATIONS, EXPERIMENTS, MODELS, AND THEORY I ORAL
spa-magnetospheric physics | 13 december 2024
Gangkai Poh, Kyunghwan Dokgo, Weijie Sun, Nitya Ag...
Earthward-moving flux ropes (FRs) play an important role in driving magnetotail dynamics by transporting plasma and energy towards the near-Earth regi...
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On the structural asymmetry along the reconnection X-line
MAGNETIC RECONNECTION: CONNECTING IDEAS FROM OBSERVATIONS, EXPERIMENTS, MODELS, AND THEORY III POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 13 december 2024
Yi-Hsin Liu, Tak Chu Li, Michael Hesse, Weijie Sun...
Kinetic simulations reveal the 3D nature of magnetic reconnection under the influence of the Hall effect. Among various features, we will focus on the...
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Scaling magnetic reconnection throughout the solar system and beyond
MAGNETIC RECONNECTION: CONNECTING IDEAS FROM OBSERVATIONS, EXPERIMENTS, MODELS, AND THEORY II ORAL
spa-magnetospheric physics | 13 december 2024
Daniel J. Gershman, Stephen A. Fuselier, Ian J. Co...
Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental mechanism for the transport of mass and energy in planetary magnetospheres and astrospheres. The diverse set of...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2026
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Canvassing Committee
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