Physics
Scientific paper
May 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....98.7621f&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A5, p. 7621-7632.
Physics
106
Earth Magnetosphere, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Clouds, Magnetic Field Configurations, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Velocity Distribution, Explorer 50 Satellite, Ion Beams, Magnetohydrodynamics, Periodic Variations, Solar Flares, Sun
Scientific paper
High time resolution interplanetary magnetic field and plasma measurements of an interplanetary magnetic cloud and its interaction with the earth's magnetosphere on January 14/15, 1988 are interpreted and discussed. It is argued that the data are consistent with the theoretical model of magnetic clouds as flux ropes of local straight cylindrical geometry. The data also suggest that this cloud is aligned with its axis in the ecliptic plane and pointing in the east-west direction. Evidence consisting of the intensity and directional distribution of energetic particle in the magnetic cloud argues in favor of the connectedness of the magnetic field lines to the sun's surface. The intensities of about 0.5 MeV ions is rapidly enhanced and the particles stream in a collimated beam along the magnetic field preferentially from the west of the sun. The particles travel form a flare site along the cloud magnetic field lines, which are thus presumably still attached to the sun.
Burlaga Leonard Francis
Farrugia Charles J.
Freeman Mervyn. P.
Lazarus Andrew J.
Lepping Ronald P.
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