Neutral atom imaging of the magnetospheric cusps

Details Neutral atom imaging of the magnetospheric cusps Neutral atom imaging of the magnetospheric cusps

Jul 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011jgra..11607203p&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 116, Issue A7, CiteID A07203

Physics

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Magnetospheric Physics: Cusp, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetopause And Boundary Layers, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetic Reconnection (7526, 7835), Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosheath

Scientific paper

The magnetospheric cusps separate closed dayside magnetospheric field lines from open field lines of the magnetotail mantle and lobes. All magnetospheric field lines that map to the magnetopause also pass through the cusp regions. Thus whenever magnetic reconnection occurs at the magnetopause, magnetosheath plasma can enter one or both of the cusp regions and charge exchange with the geocorona. The resulting energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) resulting from this charge exchange process propagate away from the cusps and are observed remotely by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX). The asymmetry of the ENA intensities between the northern and southern cusps are strongly dependent upon the Earth's dipole tilt angle and are consistent with in situ cusp observations. These asymmetric fluxes in the cusp regions are suggested to be explained by the regions at the magnetopause where magnetic reconnection is expected.

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