Plasma entry into the tail at northward IMF

Details Plasma entry into the tail at northward IMF Plasma entry into the tail at northward IMF

Dec 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmsm31b1731k&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SM31B-1731

Physics

2723 Magnetic Reconnection (7526, 7835), 2724 Magnetopause And Boundary Layers, 2748 Magnetotail Boundary Layers

Scientific paper

Plasma entry into northern tail lobe about 1.5 hours after onset of steady strong northward IMF was observed. Both tailward and Earthward flows are seen. Earthward flow is mainly observed closer to magnetopause while tailward flow dominates at larger distances from magnetopause. Ion velocity distribution is D-shaped indicating reconnection origin of the flows. Counterstreaming ion components are often observed suggesting closed magnetic flux tubes. We argue that these closed magnetic tubes formed as a result of reconnection both at northern and southern tail lobes and subsequently convected into the tail.

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