Correction: Calculation of the dayside reconnection rate from cusp ion-energy dispersion

da Silva, D. E.; Chen, L. J.; Fuselier, S. A.; Trattner, K. J.; Burkholder, B. L.; DesJardin, Ian M.; Buzulukova, N.; Dorelli, J. C.

doi:10.3389/fspas.2025.1691031

CORRECTION article

Front. Astron. Space Sci., 13 October 2025

Sec. Space Physics

Volume 12 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2025.1691031

Correction: Calculation of the dayside reconnection rate from cusp ion-energy dispersion

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Calculation of the dayside reconnection rate from cusp ion-energy dispersion
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D. E. da Silva^1,2*

L. J. Chen¹

S. A. Fuselier^3,4

K. J. Trattner⁵

B. L. Burkholder^1,2

Ian M. DesJardin^1,6

N. Buzulukova^1,7

J. C. Dorelli¹

¹Heliophysics Sciences Division, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
²Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States
³Space Science and Engineering Department, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
⁴Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
⁵Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
⁶Physics Department, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States
⁷Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States

A Correction on
Calculation of the dayside reconnection rate from cusp ion-energy dispersion

by da Silva DE, Chen LJ, Fuselier SA, Trattner KJ, Burkholder BL, DesJardin IM, Buzulukova N and Dorelli JC (2025). Front. Astron. Space Sci. 12:1607611. doi: 10.3389/fspas.2025.1607611

Author S. A. Fuselier was erroneously spelled as S. A. Fueslier.

Throughout the text (except in Equation 6), the flux tube scaling factor was erroneously given as $\frac{d y^{'}}{d y}$ . The correct equation is $\frac{d y}{d y^{'}}$ .

A correction has been made to the section Calculation Analysis:

The upstream magnetopause magnetic field strength is difficult to obtain without a conjunction, so a back-of-the-envelope values of 50,000 nT for the satellite and 50 nT for the magnetopause are suggested.

Equation 5 in Calculation Review was erroneously given as $E_{y}^{'} = (\frac{d y^{'}}{d y}) \frac{B_{s} V_{s} \cos (α)}{1 + (\frac{d^{'}}{2}) \sqrt{\frac{m}{2}} E_{i c}^{- 3 / 2} \frac{d E_{i c}}{d t}}$ . The correct equation is $E_{y}^{'} = (\frac{d y}{d y^{'}}) \frac{B_{s} V_{s} \cos (α)}{1 + (\frac{d^{'}}{2}) \sqrt{\frac{m}{2}} E_{i c}^{- 3 / 2} \frac{d E_{i c}}{d t}}$ .

Equation 8 in Comparison to v $\times B$ Baseline was erroneously given as $E_{y}^{'} = (\frac{d y^{'}}{d y}) |v \times B|$ . The correct equation is “ $E_{y}^{'} = (\frac{d y}{d y^{'}}) |v \times B|$ .”

The original article has been updated.

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Keywords: reconnection rate, magnetospheric cusp, ion energy dispersion, magnetic reconnection, dayside magnetosphere

Citation: da Silva DE, Chen LJ, Fuselier SA, Trattner KJ, Burkholder BL, DesJardin IM, Buzulukova N and Dorelli JC (2025) Correction: Calculation of the dayside reconnection rate from cusp ion-energy dispersion. Front. Astron. Space Sci. 12:1691031. doi: 10.3389/fspas.2025.1691031

Received: 22 August 2025; Accepted: 29 September 2025;
Published: 13 October 2025.

Edited and reviewed by:

Ankush Bhaskar, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, India

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