Temperature anisotropies in a magnetospheric FTE

Details Temperature anisotropies in a magnetospheric FTE Temperature anisotropies in a magnetospheric FTE

Oct 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992georl..19.1907s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 19, no. 19, p. 1907-1910.

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Anisotropic Media, Earth Magnetosphere, Flux Transfer Events, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetosheath, Plasma Layers, International Sun Earth Explorers, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetospheric Ion Density, Statistical Analysis

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We present AMPTE UKS data from a well-studied magnetospheric flux transfer event, showing detailed ion phase-space distributions for each region of this layered event. We show that the perpendicular temperature anisotropy maximizes at the center of the event. This is inconsistent with recent suggestions that FTE signatures may result from the spacecraft moving into and then out of the magnetosheath via the plasma depletion layer. We present an explanation for the temperature anisotropy structure in terms of a reconnection model.

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