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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

Direct observations of energy transfer from resonant electrons to whistler-mode waves in magnetosheath of Earth

N. Kitamura , T. Amano , Y. Omura , S. Boardsen , D. Gershman et al.
Nature Communications, 2022, 13 (1), pp.6259. ⟨10.1038/s41467-022-33604-2⟩
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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 et al.
Physics of Plasmas, 2022, 29 (1), pp.012906. ⟨10.1063/5.0069432⟩
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The Space Physics Environment Data Analysis System in Python

Eric Grimes , Bryan Harter , Nick Hatzigeorgiu , Alexander Drozdov , James Lewis et al.
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022, 9, ⟨10.3389/fspas.2022.1020815⟩
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Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations of Waves and Parallel Electric Fields in Reconnecting Current Sheets in the Turbulent Magnetosheath

F. Wilder , M. Conley , R. Ergun , D. Newman , A. Chasapis et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2022, 127 (9), ⟨10.1029/2022JA030511⟩
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Evidence for Whistler Waves Propagating Into the Electron Diffusion Region of Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection

Z. Zhong , M. Zhou , D. Graham , Yu. Khotyaintsev , Y. Wu et al.
Geophysical Research Letters, 2022, 49 (7), ⟨10.1029/2021GL097387⟩
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Lower‐Hybrid Wave Structures and Interactions With Electrons Observed in Magnetotail Reconnection Diffusion Regions

Shan Wang , Li‐jen Chen , Naoki Bessho , Jonathan Ng , Michael Hesse et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2022, 127 (5), ⟨10.1029/2021JA030109⟩
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Whistler Waves Associated With Electron Beams in Magnetopause Reconnection Diffusion Regions

Shan Wang , Naoki Bessho , Daniel Graham , Olivier Le Contel , Frederick Wilder et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2022, 127 (9), ⟨10.1029/2022JA030882⟩
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Direct observations of anomalous resistivity and diffusion in collisionless plasma

D. Graham , Yu. Khotyaintsev , M. André , A. Vaivads , A. Divin et al.
Nature Communications, 2022, 13 (1), pp.2954. ⟨10.1038/s41467-022-30561-8⟩
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Turbulence-driven magnetic reconnection and the magnetic correlation length: Observations from Magnetospheric Multiscale in Earth's magnetosheath

J. Stawarz , J. Eastwood , T. Phan , I. Gingell , P. Pyakurel et al.
Physics of Plasmas, 2022, 29 (1), pp.012302. ⟨10.1063/5.0071106⟩
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In situ evidence of ion acceleration between consecutive reconnection jet fronts

Filomena Catapano , Alessandro Retino , Gaetano Zimbardo , Alexandra Alexandrova , Ian J. Cohen et al.
The Astrophysical Journal, 2021, 908 (1), pp.73. ⟨10.3847/1538-4357/abce5a⟩
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Comparative Analysis of the Various Generalized Ohm's Law Terms in Magnetosheath Turbulence as Observed by Magnetospheric Multiscale

J. Stawarz , L. Matteini , T. Parashar , L. Franci , J. Eastwood et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2021, 126 (1), ⟨10.1029/2020ja028447⟩
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Observations of Short‐Period Ion‐Scale Current Sheet Flapping

L. Richard , Yu. Khotyaintsev , D. Graham , M. Sitnov , O. Le Contel et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2021, 126 (8), ⟨10.1029/2021JA029152⟩
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Particle energization in space plasmas: towards a multi-point, multi-scale plasma observatory

Alessandro Retinò , Yuri Khotyaintsev , Olivier Le Contel , Maria Federica Marcucci , Ferdinand Plaschke et al.
Experimental Astronomy, 2021, 45 p. ⟨10.1007/s10686-021-09797-7⟩
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The Dynamics of a High Mach Number Quasi-perpendicular Shock: MMS Observations

H. Madanian , M. Desai , S. Schwartz , L. Wilson , S. Fuselier et al.
The Astrophysical Journal, 2021, 908 (1), pp.40. ⟨10.3847/1538-4357/abcb88⟩
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Solar Orbiter’s first Venus flyby: Observations from the Radio and Plasma Wave instrument

L. Z. Hadid , N. Edberg , Thomas Chust , D. Píša , A. Dimmock et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2021, 656, pp.A18. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/202140934⟩
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Kinetic Interaction of Cold and Hot Protons With an Oblique EMIC Wave Near the Dayside Reconnecting Magnetopause

S. Toledo‐redondo , J. Lee , S. Vines , D. Turner , R. Allen et al.
Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, 48 (8), ⟨10.1029/2021GL092376⟩
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Statistical Characteristics in the Spectrum of Whistler Waves Near the Diffusion Region of Dayside Magnetopause Reconnection

Y. Ren , L. Dai , C. Wang , W. Li , X. Tao et al.
Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, 48 (1), ⟨10.1029/2020GL090816⟩
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Solar Orbiter’s first Venus flyby: Observations from the Radio and Plasma Wave instrument

L. Hadid , N. Edberg , T. Chust , D. Písa , A. Dimmock et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2021, 656, pp.A18. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/202140934⟩
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Thin Current Sheet Behind the Dipolarization Front

Rumi Nakamura , W. Baumjohann , T. K M Nakamura , E. V Panov , D. Schmid et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2021, 126 (10), pp.e2021JA029518. ⟨10.1029/2021JA029518⟩
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The Solar Orbiter Radio and Plasma Waves (RPW) instrument (Corrigendum)

M. Maksimovic , S. D. Bale , T. Chust , Y. Khotyaintsev , V. Krasnoselskikh et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2021, 654, pp.C2. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201936214e⟩
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Two‐dimensional velocity of the magnetic structure observed on 11 July 2017 by the Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft

Richard Denton , Roy Torbert , Hiroshi Hasegawa , Kevin Genestreti , Roberto Manuzzo et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2021, 126, ⟨10.1029/2020JA028705⟩
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MMS Observations of the Multiscale Wave Structures and Parallel Electron Heating in the Vicinity of the Southern Exterior Cusp

K. Nykyri , X. Ma , B. Burkholder , R. Rice , J. Johnson et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2021, 126 (3), ⟨10.1029/2019JA027698⟩
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Whistler and Broadband Electrostatic Waves in the Multiple X‐Line Reconnection at the Magnetopause

Z. Zhong , D. Graham , Yu. Khotyaintsev , M. Zhou , O. Le Contel et al.
Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, 48 (4), ⟨10.1029/2020GL091320⟩
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In Situ Evidence of Ion Acceleration between Consecutive Reconnection Jet Fronts

Filomena Catapano , Alessandro Retinò , Gaetano Zimbardo , Alexandra Alexandrova , Ian J Cohen et al.
The Astrophysical Journal, 2021, 908 (1), pp.73. ⟨10.3847/1538-4357/abce5a⟩
Journal articles hal-03440253v1

Characteristics of Resonant Electrons Interacting With Whistler Waves in the Nearest Dipolarizing Magnetotail

A. Malykhin , E. Grigorenko , D. Shklyar , E. Panov , O. Le Contel et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2021, 126 (7), ⟨10.1029/2021JA029440⟩
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Low-frequency Whistler Waves Modulate Electrons and Generate Higher-frequency Whistler Waves in the Solar Wind

S. Yao , Q. Shi , Q. Zong , A. Degeling , R. Guo et al.
The Astrophysical Journal, 2021, 923 (2), pp.216. ⟨10.3847/1538-4357/ac2e97⟩
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First observations and performance of the RPW instrument on board the Solar Orbiter mission

M. Maksimovic , J. Souček , Thomas Chust , Y. Khotyaintsev , M. Kretzschmar et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2021, 656, pp.1-12. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/202141271⟩
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Observation of an inertial-range energy cascade within a reconnection jet in the Earth’s magnetotail

Riddhi Bandyopadhyay , A. Chasapis , D Gershman , B Giles , C Russell et al.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 2021, 500 (1), pp.L6-L10. ⟨10.1093/mnrasl/slaa171⟩
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Observations of whistler mode waves by Solar Orbiter's RPW Low Frequency Receiver (LFR): In-flight performance and first results

T. Chust , Matthieu Kretzschmar , D. B. Graham , O. Le Contel , A. Retino et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2021, 656 (A17), pp.18. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/202140932⟩
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The Impact of Radial and Non‐Radial IMF on the Earth's Magnetopause Size, Shape, and Dawn‐Dusk Asymmetry From Global 3D Kinetic Simulations

Suleiman Baraka , Olivier Le Contel , Lotfi Ben-Jaffel , William Moore
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2021, 126 (10), ⟨10.1029/2021JA029528⟩
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Direct Multipoint Observations Capturing the Reformation of a Supercritical Fast Magnetosonic Shock

D.L. Turner , L.B. Wilson , K.A. Goodrich , H. Madanian , S.J. Schwartz et al.
Astrophys.J.Lett., 2021, 911 (2), pp.L31. ⟨10.3847/2041-8213/abec78⟩
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Whistler waves observed by Solar Orbiter/RPW between 0.5 AU and 1 AU

Matthieu Kretzschmar , T. Chust , V. Krasnoselskikh , D. Graham , L. Colomban et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2021, 656, pp.A24. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/202140945⟩
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Upper‐Hybrid Waves Driven by Meandering Electrons Around Magnetic Reconnection X Line

W.‐y. Li , Yu Khotyaintsev , B.‐b. Tang , D. Graham , C. Norgren et al.
Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, 48 (16), ⟨10.1029/2021GL093164⟩
Journal articles hal-03364008v1

Observations of the Source Region of Whistler Mode Waves in Magnetosheath Mirror Structures

N. Kitamura , Y. Omura , S. Nakamura , T. Amano , S. Boardsen et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2020, 125 (5), ⟨10.1029/2019JA027488⟩
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Electron Heating by Debye-Scale Turbulence in Guide-Field Reconnection

Yu. v. Khotyaintsev , D. b. Graham , K. Steinvall , L. Alm , A. Vaivads et al.
Physical Review Letters, 2020, 124 (4), ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.045101⟩
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Observations of Particle Acceleration in Magnetic Reconnection–driven Turbulence

R. Ergun , N. Ahmadi , L. Kromyda , S. Schwartz , A. Chasapis et al.
The Astrophysical Journal, 2020, 898 (2), pp.154. ⟨10.3847/1538-4357/ab9ab6⟩
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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 et al.
Journal of Plasma Physics, 2020, 86, ⟨10.1017/S0022377820000021⟩
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The Solar Orbiter Radio and Plasma Waves (RPW) instrument

M. Maksimovic , S. D. Bale , Thomas Chust , Y. Khotyaintsev , V. Krasnoselskikh et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2020, 642, pp.A12. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201936214⟩
Journal articles hal-02954313v1

Observational Evidence for Stochastic Shock Drift Acceleration of Electrons at the Earth's Bow Shock

T. Amano , T. Katou , N. Kitamura , M. Oka , Y. Matsumoto et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett., 2020, 124, pp.065101. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.065101⟩
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Modeling MMS Observations at the Earth’s Magnetopause with Hybrid Simulations of Alfvénic Turbulence

Luca Franci , Julia Stawarz , Emanuele Papini , Petr Hellinger , Takuma Nakamura et al.
The Astrophysical Journal, 2020, 898 (2), pp.175. ⟨10.3847/1538-4357/ab9a47⟩
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Investigation of Electron Distribution Functions Associated With Whistler Waves at Dipolarization Fronts in the Earth's Magnetotail: MMS Observations

E. Grigorenko , A. Malykhin , D. Shklyar , S. Fadanelli , B. Lavraud et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2020, 125 (9), ⟨10.1029/2020JA028268⟩
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Electron Bernstein waves driven by electron crescents near the electron diffusion region

W.Y. Li , D. B Graham , Yu V Khotyaintsev , A. Vaivads , M. André et al.
Nature Communications, 2020, 11 (1), ⟨10.1038/s41467-019-13920-w⟩
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Cross‐Scale Quantification of Storm‐Time Dayside Magnetospheric Magnetic Flux Content

M. Akhavan‐tafti , D. Fontaine , J. A Slavin , O. Le Contel , D. Turner et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2020, 125 (10), ⟨10.1029/2020JA028027⟩
Journal articles hal-03000303v1

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 et al.
Physical Review Letters, 2020, 125 (2), ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.025103⟩
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Polynomial Reconstruction of the Reconnection Magnetic Field Observed by Multiple Spacecraft

R. Denton , R. B Torbert , H. Hasegawa , I. Dors , K. J Genestreti et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2020, 125 (2), ⟨10.1029/2019JA027481⟩
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Electron Inflow Velocities and Reconnection Rates at Earth's Magnetopause and Magnetosheath

J. Burch , J. Webster , M. Hesse , K. Genestreti , R. Denton et al.
Geophysical Research Letters, 2020, 47 (17), ⟨10.1029/2020GL089082⟩
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Automatic Classification of Plasma Regions in Near-Earth Space With Supervised Machine Learning: Application to Magnetospheric Multi Scale 2016–2019 Observations

Hugo Breuillard , Romain Dupuis , Alessandro Retino , Olivier Le Contel , Jorge Amaya et al.
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2020, 7, ⟨10.3389/fspas.2020.00055⟩
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Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations of the Off-equatorial Dipolarization Front Dynamics in the Terrestrial Magnetotail

Huimin Li , Congkuan Zhu , Lixin Guo , Qi Cheng , O. Le Contel et al.
The Astrophysical Journal, 2020, 899 (2), pp.125. ⟨10.3847/1538-4357/aba8a7⟩
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Measurements of Magnetic Field Fluctuations for Plasma Wave Investigation by the Search Coil Magnetometers (SCM) Onboard Bepicolombo Mio (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter)

Satoshi Yagitani , Mitsunori Ozaki , Fouad Sahraoui , Laurent Mirioni , Malik Mansour et al.
Space Science Reviews, 2020, 216 (7), pp.111. ⟨10.1007/s11214-020-00734-2⟩
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MMS observations of intense whistler waves within Earth's supercritical bow shock: Source mechanism and impact on shock structure and plasma transport

A. Hull , Laurent Muschietti , O. Le Contel , J. Dorelli , P.-E. Lindqvist et al.
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, 2020, 125 (7), pp.e2019JA027290. ⟨10.1029/2019JA027290⟩
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