Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992jgr....9719259m&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 97, no. A12, p. 19,259-19,282.
Physics
85
Electron Plasma, Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetic Signatures, Magnetometers, Plasma Diagnostics, Plasmas (Physics), Flow Velocity, International Sun Earth Explorer 3, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Plasma Layers
Scientific paper
The magnetic and plasma properties of plasmoids, their evolution with distance downtail, and the effect of the direction of the IMF on the plasmoid magnetic configuration were investigated by examining the ISEE 3 magnetometer and electron plasma measurements of the 1983 ISEE 3 Geotail Mission. Both data sets were systematically examined for the presence of bipolar magnetic signatures that occur while ISEE 3 was in the plasma sheet. Results revealed 366 events consistent with this signature while ISEE was in the plasma sheet. It was found that plasmoids are characterized by high-speed plasma flow and that many of them have a well-defined magnetic core field characterized by a field strength maximum at the center of the pass through the structure. Once completely formed, plasmoids are relatively stable. It was found that the size, velocity, magnetic core strength, and Bz field amplitude of plasmoids do not depend on the distance downtail beyond -100 R(E).
Hughes Jeffrey W.
Moldwin Mark B.
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