Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977jgr....82.5633h&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 82, Dec. 1, 1977, p. 5633-5640; Reply, p. 5641-5643. ERDA-sponsored research;
Physics
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Fireballs, Geomagnetic Tail, High Temperature Plasmas, Magnetic Storms, Solar Wind, Explorer 47 Satellite, Magnetic Signatures, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Plasma Layers
Scientific paper
Various theories regarding the magnetotail are reviewed and discussed. These include the work of Dungey (1961) and Eastman et al., (1976) regarding the generation of the magnetotail, Frank et al., (1976) concerning the so-called magnetotail fireball and its characteristics, and Hones et al., (1976 and 1976a) on the formation of a neutral line across the near-earth plasma sheet near the substorm onset. A detailed discussion of a fireball encounter during 0900-1400 UT in April 1974 is presented, noting plasma and magnetic phenomena observed, and magnetic records from the earth. A critique is made by Hones of the interpretation of this fireball made by Frank et al. In an accompanying reply, Frank et al. comment on the observations made by Hones, with attention to the most evident discrepancy between the two theories, i.e., the generation of large closed magnetic loops in the plasma sheet during magnetic substorms.
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