Microstructure of magnetic reconnection in earth's magnetotail

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Aug 1984

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 89, Aug. 1, 1984, p. 6705-6716. Research sponsored by the U.S. Department

Physics

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Geomagnetic Tail, Geomagnetism, Hot Electrons, Magnetoplasmadynamics, Distribution Functions, Electron Distribution, Magnetically Trapped Particles, Plasma Density

Scientific paper

The structure of heated electron reconnection events associated with magnetic substorm events in the earth's magnetotail is examined using IMP 8 spacecraft and ground-based magnetometer, plasma analyzer and spectroscopic data. Plasma, magnetic field and energetic particle data for five events are presented. Reconnection is shown to occur in two phases: preheating and heating. In preheating, lasting about 5 min, a strong tailward plasma flow appears and ends with electron heating. A 1-2 min heating phase starts with electron heating and ends with plasma sheet drop out and/or decay of the electron temperature to pre-event levels. The heating pulse is always connected with a Bx reversal at 30 earth radii tailward, where the reconnection occurs.

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