Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmsm31b1728c&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SM31B-1728
Physics
7829 Kinetic Waves And Instabilities, 7835 Magnetic Reconnection (2723, 7526), 7859 Transport Processes, 7863 Turbulence (4490)
Scientific paper
THEMIS burst mode observations of the onset of reconnection and flux rope (secondary island) formation in the magnetotail are presented and analyzed. The burst mode observations show in new detail the substructure of the reconnection generated secondary island, including large electric field fluctuations and density variations. The 3D structure of the thermal electron distributions are discussed in the context of guide field reconnection. We also examine the distribution of energetic electrons through this event; although a number of theories and observations have been presented exploring the role magnetic reconnection plays in producing energetic electrons, the relative importance of these different theories is still unclear. The data are used to explore the relative importance of the different models.
Angelopoulos Vassilis
Auster Uli
Bonnell Jerry
Carlson Carl W.
Cox Sonja
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