On the three-dimensional magnetic structure of the plasmoid created in the magnetotail at substorm onset

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Mar 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982georl...9..203h&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 9, Mar. 1982, p. 203-206. Research supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Hein

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Earth Magnetosphere, Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetic Storms, Plasmasphere, Three Dimensional Flow, Collisional Plasmas, Neutral Sheets, Plasma Layers

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The magnetic field in the plasmoid which is created by the reconnection of magnetic field lines at a neutral line formed in the near-earth region of the plasma sheet at substorm onset, and which flows out of the magnetotail into the magnetosphere's wake, displays a strong positive or negative Y(SM) component that has been difficult to reconcile with the standard, two-dimensional reconnection geometry. It is shown that this deviation of the magnetic field is a manifestation of the newly-reconnected field line loop's draping toward the tail's central or midnight meridian, and that the draping is a consequence of the three-dimensional plasma flow associated with the reconnection process.

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