Multiple-spacecraft study of an extended magnetic structure in the solar wind

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Feb 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009jgra..11402108r&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 114, Issue A2, CiteID A02108

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Interplanetary Physics: Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Interplanetary Physics: Solar Wind Plasma, Interplanetary Physics: Pickup Ions, Interplanetary Physics: Plasma Waves And Turbulence, Interplanetary Physics: Planetary Bow Shocks

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An extended magnetic structure was observed consecutively by five spacecraft (ACE, WIND, STEREO A and B, and CLUSTER) in the solar wind on 15 January 2007. The similar bipolar magnetic field variations from five spacecraft suggest that the magnetic structure is two-dimensional. The abrupt disappearance of the beam electrons in the core of the structure suggests that the core of the structure is magnetically isolated from the surrounding environment. Our analysis shows that this magnetic structure is a magnetic flux rope, which extends over at least 180 R E in space. The length and orientation of the flux rope were determined by a local minimum variance analysis (MVA) from individual spacecraft observations of the magnetic field and a timing analysis based on the joint observations by all five spacecraft. The results show that the orientation of the flux rope stays constant in space and time. The flux rope is embedded in a corotating interaction region (CIR), which followed a magnetic cloud.

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