The role of upper hybrid waves in magnetic reconnection

Details The role of upper hybrid waves in magnetic reconnection The role of upper hybrid waves in magnetic reconnection

Dec 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003georl..30xssc8f&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 30, Issue 24, pp. SSC 8-1, CiteID 2259, DOI 10.1029/2003GL017549

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Magnetospheric Physics: Electric Fields (2411), Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetotail, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetotail Boundary Layers, Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma Waves And Instabilities

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Wind observations of upper hybrid (UH) waves adjacent to a magnetic X-line are compared with simultaneous Wind electron observations to clarify wave-electron interactions. Electron beams and ``football'' (T∥ > T⊥) distributions accompany the UH waves. The energy density of the inward-directed beams, at 10-14 J/m3, is sufficient to supply the free energy for the waves. The electron beams may be part of the larger Hall current system, and the UH wave/electron instability represent a Hall current dissipation process (i.e., an effective resistance) which removes energy as the currents travels along the separatrix.

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