Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006jgra..11111213p&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 111, Issue A11, CiteID A11213
Physics
Plasma Physics
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Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetic Reconnection (7526, 7835), Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, Magnetospheric Physics: Cusp, Magnetospheric Physics: Solar Wind/Magnetosphere Interactions, Space Plasma Physics: Charged Particle Motion And Acceleration
Scientific paper
Plasma observations in the northern cusp region are used to study the reconnection process and the inflow of plasma into the magnetosphere during intervals of northward interplanetary magnetic field. Several intervals are examined for which He++ of solar wind origin appears simultaneously with downgoing or counterstreaming O+ ions of ionospheric origin. The presence of both He++ and O+ suggests that magnetic reconnection on the magnetopause has occurred. The cases of downgoing or counterstreaming O+ observed in conjunction with He++ suggests that reconnection has occurred tailward of both cusps. The local time distribution of the occurrence of these events is investigated as a function of the state of the solar wind.
Claflin Scott E.
Fuselier Stephen A.
Petrinec Steven M.
Trattner K. J.
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