Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011agufmsh42a..07o&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, abstract #SH42A-07
Physics
[2723] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetic Reconnection, [2724] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetopause And Boundary Layers
Scientific paper
We report the direct detection by three THEMIS spacecraft of a magnetic flux rope flanked by two active X-lines producing colliding plasma jets near the center of the flux rope. The observed density depletion and open magnetic field topology inside the flux rope reveal important three dimensional effects. There was also evidence for non-thermal electron energization within the flux rope core where the fluxes of 1 - 4 keV super-thermal electrons were higher than those in the converging reconnection jets. The observed ion and electron energizations differ from current theoretical predictions.
Angelopoulos Vassilis
Daughton W. S.
Eastwood Jonathan P.
Fujimoto Minoru
Glassmeier K.-
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