Generation and properties of in vivo flux transfer events

doi:10.1029/2011JA017166

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	Generation and properties of in vivo flux transfer events
	Zhang, H. ; Kivelson, M. G. ; Angelopoulos, V. ; Khurana, K. K. ; Pu, Z. Y. ; Walker, R. J. ; McPherron, R. L. ; Hsu, T.S. ; Zong, Q. G. ; Phan, T.
刊名	journal of geophysical research space physics
	2012
关键词	INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC-FIELD EARTHS MAGNETOPAUSE DAYSIDE MAGNETOPAUSE RECONNECTION PLASMA FLOW MAGNETOSPHERE MAGNETOMETER LINE
DOI	10.1029/2011JA017166
英文摘要	Of the 3701 flux transfer event signatures that we identified in THEMIS data between May and October of 2007 and 2008 at low-latitudes on the magnetopause, 41 were distinctive in that the north-south flow components reversed direction during the similar to 1 min required for THEMIS spacecraft to traverse the structure. We have ruled out the possibility that these 41 "flow reversal events" (FREs) were single X-line structures in motion, and confirmed from their field and plasma properties that they indeed were flux ropes. We have interpreted the plasma flow reversal as evidence that we observed the flux ropes while they were being generated by a pair of X-lines that developed in sequence through component merging, a process that seems to play a significant role in forming flux ropes. Our analysis, which applies only to low latitude flux ropes, provides evidence to modify the updated multiple X-line reconnection scenario with component merging as the dominant associated reconnection process.; Astronomy & Astrophysics; SCI(E); 0; ARTICLE; 117
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/233465]
专题	地球与空间科学学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, H.,Kivelson, M. G.,Angelopoulos, V.,et al. Generation and properties of in vivo flux transfer events[J]. journal of geophysical research space physics,2012.
APA	Zhang, H..,Kivelson, M. G..,Angelopoulos, V..,Khurana, K. K..,Pu, Z. Y..,...&Phan, T..(2012).Generation and properties of in vivo flux transfer events.journal of geophysical research space physics.
MLA	Zhang, H.,et al."Generation and properties of in vivo flux transfer events".journal of geophysical research space physics (2012).