Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....9815425s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A9, p. 15,425-15,446.
Physics
99
Energetic Particles, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetic Storms, Magnetotails, Plasmas (Physics), Auroras, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetic Flux
Scientific paper
A comprehensive study is conducted of traveling compression regions (TCRs) in the distant magnetotail; a total of 116 TCRs were studied from ISEE 3 observations. Strong support is obtained for the interpretation of TCRs as large-scale compressions of the lobes that are caused by the rapid downtail motion of plasmoids. TCRs furnish information on the 3D shape and volume of the plasmoid bulge. The close association noted between the substorm expansion phase onset and the TCRs provides strong support for the plasmoid model of magnetotail dynamics.
Baker Daniel N.
Greenstadt Eugene W.
Hones Edward W. Jr.
Iyemori Toshihiko
Mazur E. L.
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