Reconstruction of the reconnection rate from Cluster measurements: Method improvements

Details Reconstruction of the reconnection rate from Cluster measurements: Method improvements Reconstruction of the reconnection rate from Cluster measurements: Method improvements

Oct 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007jgra..11210226i&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 112, Issue A10, CiteID A10226

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Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetic Reconnection (7526, 7835), Mathematical Geophysics: Inverse Theory, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetotail, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetic Storms And Substorms (7954)

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A remote-sensing method for reconstructing the reconnection rate and the location of X-line from single-spacecraft observations developed recently is extended to a compressible plasma and an asymmetric magnetic field configuration. The method is based on the two-dimensional analytical model of time-dependent Petschek-type magnetic reconnection. The reconstruction technique is applied to a nightside flux transfer event recorded by Cluster spacecraft in the near-Earth magnetotail on 26 September 2005. The reconnection rate is found to be 3.7-4.8 mV/m; the reconnection distance is around 9-11 Re in the tail.

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