Physics
Scientific paper
May 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002agusmsm32c..07w&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2002, abstract #SM32C-07
Physics
2708 Current Systems (2409), 2728 Magnetosheath, 2740 Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, 2784 Solar Wind/Magnetosphere Interactions
Scientific paper
Thirty plus years after its discovery the cusp is still an enigma. Questions such as is it open, closed, or mixed; where does it map; what constitutes a cusp etc still abound. Cusps have been defined on the basis of satellite, rocket, and ground based data from single and multiple sensor types. Cartoons and detailed models have been put forward to define what constitutes a cusp. An equal number of questions abound relative to the role the cusp plays in magnetospheric dynamics, mass and momentum transfer, and even energization to populate the rest of the magnetosphere. In a recent series of papers Savin et al have presented both Interball and Prognoz results in the high altitude cusp and sash region. In these papers they divide the high cusp into several new regions. They have an outer throat (OT) exterior to the MP with field lines connected to the earth and heated, stagnant plasma, a turbulent boundary layer (TBL) just at and outside the MP, an outer cusp (OC) that is inside the MP. They state an indentation depth of 1-2 RE. In the TBL large amplitude, low-frequency waves are observed. We will present multi-instrument/satellite Cluster II data that indicates the depth of the OT may be much deeper than thought by Savin. This stems from the higher spatial temporal resolution available from Cluster. Mid altitudes (~5RE) passes will be shown that exhibit the same morphology as Savin. This leads to a new definition of the cusp as the focus of open magnetopause current layer field lines.
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