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| Titel |
Efficiency of the FOTE method in identifying magnetic reconnection |
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Huishan Fu, Jinbin Cao, Andris Vaivads, Yuri Khotyaintsev, Mats André, Malcolm Dunlop, Wenlong Liu, Haoyu Lu, Shiyong Huang, Yuduan Ma, Elin Eriksson |
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EGU General Assembly 2016
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en
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PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 18 (2016) |
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250123874
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2016-3201.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| A magnetic reconnection event detected by Cluster is analyzed using three methods: Single-spacecraft Inference based on Flow-reversal Sequence (SIFS), Multi-spacecraft Inference based on Timing a Structure (MITS), and the First-Order Taylor Expansion (FOTE). Using the SIFS method, we find that the reconnection structure is an X-line; while using the MITS and FOTE methods, we find it is a magnetic island (O-line). We compare the efficiency and accuracy of these three methods, and find that the most efficient and accurate approach to identify a reconnection event is FOTE. Even in the guide-field reconnection, the FOTE method still works. This study for the first time demonstrates the capability of FOTE in identifying guide- and non-guide-field reconnection. It would be useful to the NASA MMS mission. |
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