MMS/Cluster joint measurements at the vicinity of the plasma sheet boundary layer
| Autor: | Le Contel, Olivier, Retino, Alessandro, Alexandrova, Alexandra, Chust, Thomas, Steinvall, Konrad, Alqeeq, Soboh, Canu, Patrick, Fontaine, Dominique, Dandouras, Iannis, Carr, Christopher, Toledo, Sergio, Fazakerley, Andrew, Doss, Natasha, Kiehas, Stefan, Nakamura, Rumi, Khotyaintsev, Yuri, Wilder, Frederick, Ahmadi, Narges, Gershman, Daniel, Strangeway, Robert |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (LPP), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École polytechnique (X)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Swedish Institute of Space Physics [Uppsala] (IRF), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Earth Science and Engineering [Imperial College London], Imperial College London, Departamento Electromagnetismo and Electronica, Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL), University College of London [London] (UCL), Space Research Institute of Austrian Academy of Sciences (IWF), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics [Boulder] (LASP), University of Colorado [Boulder], NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics [Los Angeles] (IGPP), University of California [Los Angeles] (UCLA), University of California-University of California |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | EGU General Assembly 2020 EGU General Assembly 2020, May 2020, Vienna, Austria. ⟨10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-18357⟩ |
| Popis: | On 28th of August 2018 at 5:30 UT, MMS and Cluster were located in the magnetotail at about 16 earth radii (RE). They both suddenly crossed plasma interfaces. Located in the post midnight sector, Cluster transitioned from a cold plasma sheet to a hot plasma sheet whereas MMS, located at 4 RE duskward of Cluster, transitioned from a similar cold plasma sheet to the lobe region via a very short period in a hot plasma sheet. At 05:50 UT MMS returned to a hot plasma sheet and detected a quasi-parallel earthward flow ~ 400 km/s and increased energetic ion and electron fluxes. We use measurements from both missions during this conjunction to describe the possible macroscale evolution of the magnetotail as well as some associated kinetic processes. In particular, we analyze fast and slow non linear electrostatic waves propagating tailward which are detected in the so called electron boundary layer as well as in the hot plasma sheet. We discuss their possible generation mechanisms and link with the large scale evolution of the magnetotail. Finally, we investigate possible effects related to the dawn-dusk asymmetry of the magnetotail. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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