Electric fields and convection velocities associated with flux transfer events

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Earth Magnetosphere, Electric Fields, Geomagnetism, International Sun Earth Explorer 1, Magnetic Flux, Magnetopause, Energy Transfer, Events, Magnetosheath

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A survey of the electric field and (E x B)/B-squared convection velocities associated with 23 flux transfer events (FTEs) in the magnetosheath and magnetosphere is presented. Twelve-second averaged electric field data show perturbations in the component of the electric field perpendicular to the magnetopause, with an average magnitude of 3.5 mV/m associated with the FTEs. Direct flux transfer events have a northward, and reverse flux transfer events a southward, E x B velocity component, in agreement with the current FTE model. The flux tubes moved across the magnetopause plane at an average E x B speed of 125 km/s with respect to the ambient E x B flow, with events located on the dawn (dusk) side tending to move downward (duskward). No large spiky electric fields of the type observed elsewhere in the magnetosphere were detected.

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