Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008georl..3517s10m&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 17, CiteID L17S10
Physics
10
Magnetospheric Physics: Plasmasphere, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetopause And Boundary Layers, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetic Reconnection (7526, 7835), Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere: Outer, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics
Scientific paper
New observations by the THEMIS spacecraft have revealed dense (>10 cm-3) plasmaspheric plumes extending to the magnetopause. The large scale radial structure of these plumes is revealed by multi-spacecraft measurements. Temporal variations in the radial distribution of plume plasma, caused by azimuthal density gradients coupled with azimuthal flow, are also shown to contribute to plume structure. In addition, flux tubes with cold plume plasma are shown to participate in reconnection, with simultaneous observations of cold ions and reconnection flow jets on open flux tubes as revealed by the loss of hot magnetospheric electrons.
Angelopoulos Vassilis
Auster Uli
Bonnell Jerry
Carlson Carl W.
Glassmeier Karl-Heintz
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