Plasma flow and magnetic field characteristics in the midtail region

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Apr 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993adspr..13..223n&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research, Volume 13, Issue 4, p. 223-228.

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Statistical occurrence properties of bulk plasma flow and magnetic field orientation near the mid-tail neutral sheet are determined using IMP 6, 7, and 8 magnetic field and particle data. Bulk flow and magnetic field characteristics significantly change according to the radial distance down the tail. The predominant direction of the flow is duskward in the region Earthward of X = -25 RE, but is sunward in the region beyond X = -25 RE. High speed flow events (V > 300 km/s) near the neutral sheet are essentially restricted to the region tailward of X = -25 RE and are predominantly Earthward or tailward. The relationship between Bz polarity and plasma flow direction of high speed flow events is consistent with that expected due to magnetic reconnection processes.

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