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****[Equipe plasmas spatiaux](https://www.lpp.polytechnique.fr/-Plasmas-Spatiaux-?lang=fr)**** **Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (LPP, UMR 7648)** **CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique/Sorbonne Université/Université Paris-Saclay/Observatoire de Paris** Campus Pierre et Marie Curie Couloir 24/34 - 5ème étage - Bur. 508 - case courrier 90 4 place Jussieu 75252 Paris Cedex 05 France Tél : 33 1 4427 9253 (Jussieu, Bur. 508) Tél : 33 1 6933 5845 (Polytechnique, Bur. 412-1014) courriel : olivier.lecontel@lpp.polytechnique.fr **Formation** - Doctorat en Astrophysique et Techniques Spatiales de l’université de Paris 7 - Denis Diderot, obtenu le 19 décembre 1997, intitulé "Etude cinétique autoconsistante de la phase de croissance des sous-orages magnétosphériques" (ou [résumé](https://www.lpp.polytechnique.fr/IMG/pdf_resumth-2.pdf)) sous la direction d’Alain Roux et de René Pellat - Master 2 (ex. DEA) d’[Astrophysique et Techniques Spatiales](http://master-recherche.obspm.fr/), Observatoire Paris - université Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / UPMC / Université Paris-Sud 11, obtenu en juin 1992 [Plus d'informations](https://www.lpp.polytechnique.fr/?Olivier-Le-Contel "Page web d'Olivier Le Contel")

Publications

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Reconnection Inside a Dipolarization Front of a Diverging Earthward Fast Flow

M. Hosner , R. Nakamura , D. Schmid , T. Nakamura , E. Panov
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2024, 129 (1), ⟨10.1029/2023JA031976⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04460458v1
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Two Classes of Equatorial Magnetotail Dipolarization Fronts Observed by Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission: A Statistical Overview

Soboh Alqeeq , O. Le Contel , P. Canu , A. Retinò , T. Chust
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2023, 128 (10), ⟨10.1029/2023JA031738⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04278556v1
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Investigation of the homogeneity of energy conversion processes at dipolarization fronts from MMS measurements

S. W. Alqeeq , O. Le Contel , Patrick Canu , Alessandro Retinò , Thomas Chust
Physics of Plasmas, 2022, 29 (1), pp.012906. ⟨10.1063/5.0069432⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03573187v1
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Thin Current Sheet Behind the Dipolarization Front

Rumi Nakamura , W. Baumjohann , T. K M Nakamura , E. V Panov , D. Schmid
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2021, 126 (10), pp.e2021JA029518. ⟨10.1029/2021JA029518⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03390351v1

Lower-Hybrid Drift Waves Driving Electron Nongyrotropic Heating and Vortical Flows in a Magnetic Reconnection Layer

L.-J. Chen , S. Wang , O. Le Contel , A. C Rager , M. Hesse
Physical Review Letters, 2020, 125 (2), ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.025103⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02933307v1

On the deviation from Maxwellian of the ion velocity distribution functions in the turbulent magnetosheath

S. Perri , D. Perrone , E. Yordanova , L. Sorriso-Valvo , W. R. Paterson
Journal of Plasma Physics, 2020, 86, ⟨10.1017/S0022377820000021⟩
Article dans une revue insu-03673169v1

Observations of Particle Acceleration in Magnetic Reconnection–driven Turbulence

R. Ergun , N. Ahmadi , L. Kromyda , S. Schwartz , A. Chasapis
The Astrophysical Journal, 2020, 898 (2), pp.154. ⟨10.3847/1538-4357/ab9ab6⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02933306v1

Magnetic Reconnection, Turbulence, and Particle Acceleration: Observations in the Earth's Magnetotail

R. E. Ergun , K. A. Goodrich , F. D. Wilder , N. Ahmadi , J. C. Holmes
Geophysical Research Letters, 2018, 45, pp.3338-3347. ⟨10.1002/2018GL076993⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01895688v1

The Properties of Lion Roars and Electron Dynamics in Mirror Mode Waves Observed by the Magnetospheric MultiScale Mission

Hugo Breuillard , Olivier Le Contel , Thomas Chust , Matthieu Berthomier , Alessandro Retinò
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2018, 123 (1), pp.93-103. ⟨10.1002/2017JA024551⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01895671v1

Intense Electric Fields and Electron-Scale Substructure Within Magnetotail Flux Ropes as Revealed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission

J. Stawarz , J. Eastwood , K. Genestreti , R. Nakamura , R. Ergun
Geophysical Research Letters, 2018, 45 (17), pp.8783-8792. ⟨10.1029/2018GL079095⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03088853v1

Electron-scale dynamics of the diffusion region during symmetric magnetic reconnection in space

R. Torbert , J. Burch , T. Phan , M. Hesse , M. Argall
Science, 2018, 362 (6421), pp.1391-1395. ⟨10.1126/science.aat2998⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03088847v1

Multiscale Currents Observed by MMS in the Flow Braking Region

R. Nakamura , Ali Varsani , Kevin J. Genestreti , Olivier Le Contel , T. K. M. Nakamura
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2018, 123 (2), pp.1260-1278. ⟨10.1002/2017JA024686⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01895679v1

Zipper-like periodic magnetosonic waves: Van Allen Probes, THEMIS, and magnetospheric multiscale observations

J. Li , J. Bortnik , W. Li , Q. Ma , R. M. Thorne
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2017, 122 (2), pp.1600-1610. ⟨10.1002/2016JA023536⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01895710v1

Lower Hybrid Drift Waves and Electromagnetic Electron Space-Phase Holes Associated With Dipolarization Fronts and Field-Aligned Currents Observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission During a Substorm

Olivier Le Contel , R. Nakamura , Hugo Breuillard , M. R. Argall , D. B. Graham
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2017, 122 (12), pp.236-257. ⟨10.1002/2017JA024550⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01895721v1

Near-Earth plasma sheet boundary dynamics during substorm dipolarization

R. Nakamura , Tsugunobu Nagai , Joachim Birn , Victor A. Sergeev , Olivier Le Contel
Earth Planets and Space, 2017, 69, pp.129. ⟨10.1186/s40623-017-0707-2⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01895722v1

MMS Observation of Magnetic Reconnection in the Turbulent Magnetosheath

Z. Vörös , E. Yordanova , A. Varsani , K. J. Genestreti , Y. V. Khotyaintsev
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2017, 122 (11), pp.442-467. ⟨10.1002/2017JA024535⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01895719v1

Drift waves, intense parallel electric fields, and turbulence associated with asymmetric magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause

R. E. Ergun , L.-J. Chen , F. D. Wilder , N. Ahmadi , S. Eriksson
Geophysical Research Letters, 2017, 44 (7), pp.2978-2986. ⟨10.1002/2016GL072493⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01895709v1

Multispacecraft analysis of dipolarization fronts and associated whistler wave emissions using MMS data

Hugo Breuillard , Olivier Le Contel , Alessandro Retinò , A. Chasapis , Thomas Chust
Geophysical Research Letters, 2016, 43 (14), pp.7279-7286. ⟨10.1002/2016GL069188⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01551960v1

Electron jet of asymmetric reconnection

Y. V. Khotyaintsev , D. B. Graham , C. Norgren , E. Eriksson , W. Li
Geophysical Research Letters, 2016, 43 (11), pp.5571-5580. ⟨10.1002/2016GL069064⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01551952v1
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Optimized merging of search coil and fluxgate data for MMS

David Fischer , Werner Magnes , Christian Hagen , Ivan Dors , Mark W. Chutter
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, 2016, 5, pp.521-530. ⟨10.5194/gi-5-521-2016⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01551947v1

Magnetospheric Multiscale observations of large-amplitude, parallel, electrostatic waves associated with magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause

R. E. Ergun , J. C. Holmes , K. A. Goodrich , F. D. Wilder , J. E. Stawarz
Geophysical Research Letters, 2016, 43 (11), pp.5626-5634. ⟨10.1002/2016GL068992⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01551953v1

Electron scale structures and magnetic reconnection signatures in the turbulent magnetosheath

E. Yordanova , Z. Vörös , A. Varsani , D. B. Graham , C. Norgren
Geophysical Research Letters, 2016, 43 (12), pp.5969-5978. ⟨10.1002/2016GL069191⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01551951v1

The FIELDS Instrument Suite on MMS: Scientific Objectives, Measurements, and Data Products

R. B. Torbert , C. T. Russell , W. Magnes , R. E. Ergun , P.-A. Lindqvist
Space Science Reviews, 2014, pp.1-31. ⟨10.1007/s11214-014-0109-8⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01552030v1
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Simultaneous FAST and Double Star TC1 observations of broadband electrons during a storm time substorm

A. Nakajima , K. Shiokawa , K. Seki , R. Nakamura , K. Keika
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2010, 115, pp.7217. ⟨10.1029/2009JA014907⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01553771v1
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Dynamics of thin current sheets: CLUSTER observations.

W. Baumjohann , A. Roux , O. Le Contel , R. Nakamura , J. Birn
Annales Geophysicae, 2007, 25 (6), pp.1365-1389. ⟨10.5194/angeo-25-1365-2007⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00157829v1
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Dynamics of thin current sheets: Cluster observations

W. Baumjohann , A. Roux , O. Le Contel , R. Nakamura , J. Birn
Annales Geophysicae, 2007, 25 (6), pp.1365-1389
Article dans une revue hal-00330135v1

MMS-Cluster joint observations of plasma sheet boundary layer crossings

Olivier Le Contel , Alessandro Retinò , Alexandra Alexandrova , Thomas Chust , Patrick Canu
21st EGU General Assembly, Apr 2019, Vienna, Austria. pp.14922
Communication dans un congrès hal-02368628v1

Four-spacecraft measurements of the shape and dimensionality of magnetic structures in the near-Earth plasma environment

V. N. Coffey , Jonathan P. Eastwood , R. Ergun , C. J. Farrugia , S. A. Fuselier
2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2018, Washington D.C, United States
Communication dans un congrès hal-02345971v1

Electromagnetic Surface Waves on Hall Current Sheets Associated with Magnetic Reconnection

R. Ergun , N. Ahmadi , F. D. Wilder , K. A. Goodrich , J. Holmes
2018 AGU Fall meeting, Dec 2018, Washington D.C, United States
Communication dans un congrès hal-02345958v1

Magnetotail dipolarization and dipolarization fronts using spacecraft conjunctions

R. Nakamura , T. Nagai , T. Nakamura , W. Baumjohann , Joachim Birn
2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2018, Washington D.C, United States
Communication dans un congrès hal-02345969v1

Measuring energy conversion in near-Earth space plasmas with MMS

B. Lavraud , S. Fadanelli , C. Jacquey , F. Califano , Jonathan P. Eastwood
2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2018, Washington D.C, United States
Communication dans un congrès hal-02345968v1

Electromagnetic waves and electron phase-space hole like signatures detected by MMS during a substorm

Olivier Le Contel , R. Nakamura , Matthieu Berthomier , Raymond Pottelette , Hugo Breuillard
19th EGU General Assembly, Apr 2017, Vienna, Austria. pp.9295
Communication dans un congrès hal-02796700v1

Multi-scale multi-point observation of dipolarization in the near-Earth's magnetotail

R. Nakamura , A. Varsani , K. Genestreti , T. Nakamura , W. Baumjohann
AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2017, New Orleans, Louisiane, United States
Communication dans un congrès hal-02752284v1

Thin current sheets observation by MMS during a near-Earth's magnetotail reconnection event

R. Nakamura , A. Varsani , T. Nakamura , K. Genestreti , F. Plaschke
AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2017, New Orleans, Louisiane, United States
Communication dans un congrès hal-02796710v1

3D ion-scale dynamics of BBFs and their associated emissions in Earth's magnetotail using 3D hybrid simulations and MMS multi-spacecraft observations

Hugo Breuillard , N. Aunai , Olivier Le Contel , F. Catapano , Alexandra Alexandrova
2017 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2017, New Orleans, Louisiane, United States. pp.SM44A-08
Communication dans un congrès hal-02752282v1

New insights into sub-ion scale turbulence in Earth's magnetosheath using MMS data

Hugo Breuillard , M. Andriopoulou , Daniel Graham , Olivier Le Contel , S. Y. Huang
19th EGU General Assembly, Apr 2017, Vienna, Austria. pp.16664
Communication dans un congrès hal-02796699v1

Diffusion Region's Structure at the Subsolar Magnetopause with MMS Data

Giulia Cozzani , Alessandro Retinò , F. Califano , Alexandra Alexandrova , F. Catapano
2017 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2017, New Orleans, Louisiane, United States. pp.SM34A-02
Communication dans un congrès hal-02796705v1

Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations of Flux-Rope Interactions in the Turbulent Terrestrial Magnetosheath

Z. Vörös , E. Yordanova , A. Varsani , D. B. Graham , C. Norgren
AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2016, San Francisco, California, United States
Communication dans un congrès hal-02796722v1

Currents Within the Bursty Bulk Flow Braking Region as Observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission

J. E. Stawarz , Jonathan P. Eastwood , K. A. Goodrich , R. Ergun , J. L. Burch
American Geophysical Union, Fall General Assembly, Dec 2016, San Francisco, California, United States. pp.SM43E-02
Communication dans un congrès hal-02796714v1

Low-frequency wave activity related to dipolarization fronts detected by MMS in the magnetotail

Olivier Le Contel , Alessandro Retinò , Hugo Breuillard , Laurent Mirioni , A. Roux
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2015, Dec 2015, San Francisco, California, United States. pp.SM41I-05
Communication dans un congrès hal-02800150v1

Low-Frequency Wave Activity Detected by MMS during Dusk Magnetopause Crossings and its Relation to Heating and Acceleration of Particles

Olivier Le Contel , A. Roux , Alessandro Retinò , Laurent Mirioni , Fouad Sahraoui
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2015, Dec 2015, San Francisco, California, United States. pp.SM12A-09
Communication dans un congrès hal-02800152v1

Effect of electron ambient plasmas in reconnection jets and dipolarization fronts : MMS initial results

R. Nakamura , K. Torkar , M. Andriopoulou , H. Jeszenszky , F. Plaschke
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Dec 2015, San Francisco, California, United States. pp.SM43A-02
Communication dans un congrès hal-02752338v1

First MMS measurements of the High Frequency Magnetic Waves

Olivier Le Contel , A. Roux , Laurent Mirioni , Alessandro Retinò , Fouad Sahraoui
AGU Chapman Conference on Magnetospheric Dynamics, Sep 2015, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Communication dans un congrès hal-02752272v1

Swarm Observations of Field Aligned Currents during Geomagnetic Storms

G. Le , H. Lühr , B. J. Anderson , R. J. Strangeway , C. T. Russell
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Dec 2015, San Francisco, California, United States. pp.SM11A-06
Communication dans un congrès hal-02752340v1

First MMS Observations of High Time Resolution 3D Electric and Magnetic fields at the Dayside Magnetopause.

R. B. Torbert , J. L. Burch , C. T. Russell , W. Magnes , R. E. Ergun
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2015, Dec 2015, San Francisco, California, United States
Communication dans un congrès hal-02800153v1

Conversion of electromagnetic energy at plasma jet fronts

Y. V. Khotyaintsev , A. V. Divin , D. B. Graham , A. Vaivads , M. André
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2015, Dec 2015, San Francisco, California, United States. pp.SM22A-06
Communication dans un congrès hal-02800155v1

Rebuilding of the Earth's Outer Electron Belts During the 9 October 2012 and 17 March 2013 Geomagnetic Storms

Y. V. Khotyaintsev , A. V. Divin , D. B. Graham , A. Vaivads , M. André
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014, Dec 2014, San Francisco, California, United States. pp.SM22A-06
Communication dans un congrès hal-02800173v1

Cluster Observations of Magnetopause Reconnection at Sub-Proton Scales

Alessandro Retinò , A. Vaivads , Fouad Sahraoui , Olivier Le Contel , B. Zieger
Cluster workshop XXI, 2011, Bruges, Belgium
Communication dans un congrès hal-02860545v1

Multi-Point, Multi-Scale Investigations of Fundamental Plasma Processes in the Earth's Magnetosphere.

C.J. Owen , A.N. Fazakerley , S.J. Schwartz , T.S. Horbury , W. Baumjohann
39TH ESLAB Symposium on Trends in Space Science and Cosmic Vision 2020,19-21 April 2005, Noordwijk, 2005, Noordwijk, Netherlands. pp.185
Communication dans un congrès hal-00152992v1

Magnetotail Current Sheet Prior to Magnetic Reconnection

Alexandra Alexandrova , A. Retino , Olivier Le Contel , A. V. Divin , R. J. Strangeway
AGU Fall Meeting 2019, Dec 2019, San Francisco, United States
Poster de conférence hal-03023478v1

Analysis of a fast flow series associated with a substorm event detected by MMS

Olivier Le Contel , Hugo Breuillard , Alessandro Retinò , F. Catapano , Alexandra Alexandrova
EGU General Assembly, Apr 2018, Vienna, Austria. 20, pp.EGU2018-16724, 2018
Poster de conférence hal-02860959v1

A study on the non Maxwellian nature of ion velocity distribution functions using Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) data

F. Valentini , S. Perri , E. Yordanova , W. R. Paterson , D. J. Gershman
AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2017, New Orleans, Louisiane, United States. 11, 2017
Poster de conférence hal-02861283v1

Field-aligned currents observed by MMS in the near-Earth plasma sheet during large-scale substorm dipolarizations.

R. Nakamura , Tsugunobu Nagai , B. L. Giles , Olivier Le Contel , J. E. Stawarz
19th EGU General Assembly, Apr 2017, Vienna, Austria. 19, pp.8362, 2017
Poster de conférence hal-02861269v1

Fire Hose Instability in the Multiple Magnetic Reconnection

Alexandra Alexandrova , Alessandro Retinò , A. V. Divin , Olivier Le Contel , L. Matteini
American Geophysical Union, fall meeting 2017, Dec 2017, New Orleans, Louisiane, United States. 2017, pp.SM11C-2321, 2017
Poster de conférence hal-02861281v1

Evaluation of the generalized Ohm's law at the subsolar magnetopause diffusion region with MMS data

Giulia Cozzani , Alessandro Retinò , Olivier Le Contel , A. Chasapis , F. Califano
2016 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2016, San Francisco, California, United States. 21, pp.SM21A-2411, 2016
Poster de conférence hal-02861296v1

MMS observations of small magnetic flux ropes in the near-tail (X > -11 Re)

J. A. Slavin , G. Poh , G. Le , R. J. Strangeway , C. T. Russell
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Dec 2015, San Francisco, California, United States. 51, pp.SM51A-2536, 2015
Poster de conférence hal-02861672v1

MMS Spacecraft Observation of Near Tail Thin Current Sheets: Their Locations, Conditions for Formation and Relation to Geomagnetic Activity

C. Zhao , C. T. Russell , R. J. Strangeway , B. J. Anderson , W. Baumjohann
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Dec 2015, San Francisco, California, United States. 13, 2015
Poster de conférence hal-02861673v1

Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations of Ultra Low Frequency Waves in the Inner Magnetosphere

R. J. Strangeway , C. T. Russell , J. L. Burch , R. B. Torbert , W. Magnes
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Dec 2015, San Francisco, California, United States. 41, pp.SM41H-2571, 2015
Poster de conférence hal-02861675v1

Search Coil and Fluxgate Data Merging on MMS: Examples on Dipolarization Event Cases

F. Plaschke , D. Fischer , W. Magnes , A. Valavanoglou , Olivier Le Contel
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2015, Dec 2015, San Francisco, California, United States. 51, 2015
Poster de conférence hal-02861631v1

In situ spacecraft observations of suprathermal ion acceleration in the reconnection jet braking region

Alessandro Retinò , A. Vaivads , Y. V. Khotyaintsev , Olivier Le Contel , H.S. Fu
EGU General Assembly 2015, Apr 2015, Vienna, Austria. 17, pp.11323, 2015
Poster de conférence hal-02861642v1

An MMS multicase study of magnetotail dipolarization fronts

D. Schmid , R. Nakamura , F. Plaschke , M. Volwerk , Y. Narita
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Dec 2015, San Francisco, California, United States. 51, pp.SM51A-2516, 2015
Poster de conférence hal-02861668v1

Energy Dissipation and Transport Associated with Whistler-wave Generation during Plasma Jet Events using MMS Data

Hugo Breuillard , Olivier Le Contel , Alessandro Retinò , C. Russell , W. Baumjohann
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2015, Dec 2015, San Francisco, California, United States. 13, 2015
Poster de conférence hal-02861630v1

Multi-point, multi-scale observation of the near-Earth current sheet reconfiguration during storm-time multi-onset substorms

L. Kepko , H. Vaith , Olivier Le Contel , M. R. Argall , R. E. Ergun
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Dec 2015, San Francisco, California, United States. 51, pp.SM51A-2523, 2015
Poster de conférence hal-02861670v1

Electrodynamic Context of Magnetotail and Magnetopause Dynamics Observed by Magnetospheric Multiscal

B. J. Anderson , H. Korth , C. L. Waters , R. J. Barnes , M. Samara
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Dec 2015, San Francisco, California, United States. 51, pp.SM51D-2587, 2015
Poster de conférence hal-02861676v1

In situ spacecraft observations of suprathermal ion acceleration in the reconnection jet braking region

Alessandro Retinò , Y. V. Khotyaintsev , A. Vaivads , Olivier Le Contel , H. Fu
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014, Dec 2014, San Francisco, California, United States. 13, pp.SM13A-4154, 2014
Poster de conférence hal-02861643v1