In situ evidence for interplanetary magnetic field induced tail twisting associated with relative displacement of conjugate auroral features

Details In situ evidence for interplanetary magnetic field induced tail twisting associated with relative displacement of conjugate auroral features In situ evidence for interplanetary magnetic field induced tail twisting associated with relative displacement of conjugate auroral features

Apr 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011jgra..11604209m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 116, Issue A4, CiteID A04209

Physics

Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetotail, Magnetospheric Physics: Auroral Phenomena (2407), Magnetospheric Physics: Solar Wind/Magnetosphere Interactions

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We provide in situ evidence for a twisted near-Earth tail configuration that is responsible for the time sequence of conjugate auroral features associated with relative interhemispheric displacement during a weak substorm, as reported by Motoba et al. (2010). We analyzed the magnetic field data observed using four Cluster satellites in the vicinity of 11-14 RE central downtail, in close conjunction with the Iceland-Syowa conjugate optical auroral features. Interestingly, we found that the variations in the magnetic field y component (By) at all satellites correlated moderately well with the variations in the time-shifted interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) clock angle ($\theta$CA). The correlation coefficients (0.56 ˜ 0.61) between the By field at Cluster and IMF $\theta$CA peaked at a time delay of 52 ± 1 min from the dayside magnetopause, probably corresponding to the time scale for the reconfiguration of the IMF $\theta$CA related By field in the near-Earth tail. The IMF $\theta$CA related By variation at Cluster, regarded as a manifestation of the twisting magnetotail configuration, also roughly coincided with the relative magnetic local time displacement of nightside conjugate auroral forms. These results provide strong evidence that the reconfiguration (twisting) process of the near-Earth tail on a relatively longer time scale controls the nightside conjugate auroral locations in both ionospheres.

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