Physics
Scientific paper
May 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005agusmsm33a..03e&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2005, abstract #SM33A-03
Physics
2740 Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, 2744 Magnetotail, 2764 Plasma Sheet, 7835 Magnetic Reconnection
Scientific paper
Eastwood et al. [2004, manuscript submitted to GRL], have recently reported observations of multiple X line reconnection proceeding in the near Earth (~18Re) magnetotail, leading to the formation and growth of an Earthward moving flux rope. Here we present the associated ion and electron measurements that indicate significant structuring to the magnetic field; in particular, an absence of counterstreaming electrons in the center of the flux rope. The observations, made on October 2 2003, are put into a wider context by examining the surrounding plasma conditions, which indicate that after the event, the plasma sheet was highly dynamic. We also consider how common these observations are in the Cluster dataset, and discuss the implications for previous single spacecraft studies.
Balogh André
Eastwood Jonathan P.
Goldstein Michel L.
Hesse Matthias
Keith Wayne
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