Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agufmsm32b..01p&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001, abstract #SM32B-01
Physics
2724 Magnetopause, Cusp, And Boundary Layers, 2778 Ring Current, 2784 Solar Wind/Magnetosphere Interactions, 7835 Magnetic Reconnection
Scientific paper
Following our study characterizing Low Charge State Heavy Ion (LCSHI) events in the upstream region far upstream the Earth's bow shock to the L1 point, we present now a case study of a remarkable O+ and N+ ion outflow event. We present observational evidence for highly ordered outflow along a small reconnected field line region that takes place in the framework of a magnetic cloud of an ICME. From the particles' 3D distribution function we conclude that interaction of the outflow with the bow shock is minimal. Original gyrophases of outflowing ions at the reconnection point are randomly distrubuted. This leads to a flux tube with a clover-like geometry. The outflow reveals spatial dispersion and non-gyrotropy. The observations were performed by the Suprathermal Ion Composition Spectrometer (STICS) of the Wind spacecraft. In a 3D MHD simulation we point out the location of the reconnection region of the interplanetary magnetic field with the Earth's magnetosphere via field line mapping.
Posner Arik
Ridley A. A.
Schwadron Nathan A.
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