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Observations of magnetic flux ropes during magnetic reconnection in the Earth's magnetotail |
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A. L. Borg, M. G. G. T. Taylor, J. P. Eastwood |
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Englisch
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0992-7689
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In: Annales Geophysicae ; 30, no. 5 ; Nr. 30, no. 5 (2012-05-03), S.761-773 |
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250017219
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/angeo-30-761-2012.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| We present an investigation of magnetic flux ropes observed by the four
Cluster spacecraft during periods of magnetic reconnection in the Earth's
magnetotail. Using a list of 21 Cluster encounters with the reconnection
process in the period 2001–2006 identified in Borg et al. (2012), we present
the distribution and characteristics of the flux ropes. We find 27 flux ropes
embedded in the reconnection outflows of only 11 of the 21 reconnection
encounters. Reconnection processes associated with no flux rope observations
were not distinguishable from those where flux ropes were observed. Only 7 of
the 27 flux ropes show evidence of enhanced energetic electron flux above
50 keV,
and there was no clear signature of the flux rope in the thermal particle
measurements. We found no clear correlation between the flux rope core field
and the prevailing IMF By direction. |
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