A Statistical Survey of the Distant Magnetotail using THEMIS/ARTEMIS: Insights into Plasma Distribution and Transport

Details A Statistical Survey of the Distant Magnetotail using THEMIS/ARTEMIS: Insights into Plasma Distribution and Transport A Statistical Survey of the Distant Magnetotail using THEMIS/ARTEMIS: Insights into Plasma Distribution and Transport

Dec 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011agufmsm51b2089w&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, abstract #SM51B-2089

Physics

[2723] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetic Reconnection, [2740] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, [2744] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetotail, [2780] Magnetospheric Physics / Solar Wind Interactions With Unmagnetized Bodies

Scientific paper

The region of the Earth's magnetosphere tailward of ~30 R_E remains relatively unexplored. A better characterization of the processes taking place in the distant magnetotail is critical to a more complete understanding of the coupling between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere. This survey will also provide a unique assessment of the magnetotail plasma encountered by the Moon, which will be valuable for understanding how the lunar environment is modified during these traversals. The THEMIS/ARTEMIS missions have returned sufficient data from this region in order to allow a large-scale statistical survey to be undertaken. In this initial study, various plasma moments are organized by occurrence frequency and distance down the magnetotail. Further sorting is done to identify different regions of the magnetotail, such as the tail lobes and plasma sheet, and the physical processes taking place, such as reconnection. This is the first step in constructing a comprehensive large-scale picture of the energization, distribution, and transport of plasma in the distant magnetotail.

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