Magnetotail flux ropes

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Oct 1984

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Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 11, Oct. 1984, p. 1090-1093. Research sponsored by the U.S. Department of En

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Geomagnetic Tail, Geomagnetism, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetic Flux, Atmospheric Models, International Sun Earth Explorer 3, Magnetic Signatures, Magnetometers, Magnetospheric Proton Density, Plasma Waves

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The structures of flux ropes in the distant magnetotail are inferred from correlated ISEE-3 wave, high energy particle and electron plasma data from December 1982 through March 1983. The spacecraft was then travelling in a figure-8 pattern which took it into the region between the moon and 230 earth radii. The ropes were identified by a bipolar variation along one magnetic component while the spacecraft was in the north lobe. The double peaked magnetic signature included a strong axial field, a weaker circumferential field, and uniformity across the axis. The rope was imbedded in the lobe fields and contained hot, tailward streaming plasma. Finally, a correlation was derived between the presence of the ropes and a high Kp value.

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