Mirror mode structures in the solar wind at 0.72 AU

Details Mirror mode structures in the solar wind at 0.72 AU Mirror mode structures in the solar wind at 0.72 AU

Oct 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009jgra..11410107z&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 114, Issue A10, CiteID A10107

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Interplanetary Physics: Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Interplanetary Physics: Solar Wind Plasma, Interplanetary Physics: Plasma Waves And Turbulence, Interplanetary Physics: General Or Miscellaneous

Scientific paper

Magnetic holes in the solar wind with little or no directional change across the magnetic depression are related to mirror mode structures. Recently, Zhang et al. (2008) determined the characteristic size and shape of such mirror mode structures in the solar wind at 0.72 AU. They found that the mirror mode structure in the solar wind is quite elongated along the field direction. In this report, we examine the size and shape of isolated magnetic holes and train of holes, separately. We find that the isolated holes are slightly smaller in width and more elongated than the multiple holes. This observation suggests a particular evolutionary history of mirror mode structures in the solar wind in which multiple holes coalesce with time into isolated structures more elongated parallel to the magnetic field.

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