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| Titel |
Transient Magnetic Reconnection and Dipolarization Fronts in the Terrestrial Magnetotail |
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Meng Zhou, Xiaohua Deng, Ye Pang, Xiaojun Xu, Shiyong Huang, Rongxin Tang, Zhigang Yuan |
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EGU General Assembly 2015
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Artikel
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Englisch
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PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 17 (2015) |
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250108261
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2015-8007.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| We report a Cluster observation of transient magnetic reconnection in the Earth’s magnetotail at the location of [Xgsm~ -17.2 RE, Ygsm~ -4.5 RE and Zgsm~ 0]. The reconnection X-line retreated tailward with a speed of 34 km/s based on multi-spacecraft analysis. An ion diffusion region with a weak guide field (~10% of lobe field) was encountered during the flow reversal. A flux rope was embedded in the tailward flow. Transient suprathermal electron beams, which directed away from the X-line, were detected repeatedly around the separatrix region with periods of about 60s during the tailward flow bursts. On the earthward side of X-line, multiple earthward-propagating dipolarization fronts were observed quasi-periodically at the edge of the ion diffusion region with time period of 60s-90s. Particle and wave characteristics also show distinct signatures at different stages of the transient reconnection. The implications of this observation will be discussed. |
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