Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991georl..18.1967l&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 18, Nov. 1991, p. 1967-1970.
Physics
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Current Sheets, Electric Fields, Geomagnetic Tail, Ionospheric Currents, Magnetic Storms, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Flow Velocity, International Sun Earth Explorers, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetic Measurement, Plasma Drift
Scientific paper
For the CDAW-6 substorm period of March 22, 1979, the ion data from the medium energy particles experiment (MEPE) on the ISEE-1 satellite were used to study nine measurements of the 3D distribution function centered on the center of the current sheet. It is found that E(x) fluctuates approximately +/- 5 mV/m, and E(y) +/- 10 mV/m, in reasonable agreement with measurements by the electric field instrument, with most of the fluctuation presumably due to the motion of the current sheet. Using current sheet oscillation theory and the central current sheet data points, is estimated E(y) in the frame of the current sheet and a positive average E(y) with a magnitude of about 0.1 mV/m is found, which is also consistent with that expected for reconnection in this substorm time period. The E(z) component has a remarkable linear correlation with B(x), with a correlation coefficient of 0.91.
Li Xiaolin
Speiser Theodore W.
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