BibTex format
@article{Eastwood:2016:10.1002/2016GL068747,
author = {Eastwood, J and Phan, T and Cassak, PA and Gershman, DJ and Haggerty, C and Malakit, K and Shay, MA and Mistry, R and Oieroset, M and Russell, CT and Slavin, JA and Argall, MR and Avanov, LA and Burch, JL and Chen, LJ and Dorelli, JC and Ergun, RE and Giles, BL and Khotyaintsev, Y and Lavraud, B and Lindqvist, PA and Moore, TE and Nakamura, R and Paterson, W and Pollock, C and Strangeway, RJ and Torbert, RB and Wang, S},
doi = {10.1002/2016GL068747},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
pages = {4716--4724},
title = {Ion-scale secondary flux-ropes generated by magnetopause reconnection as resolved by MMS},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068747},
volume = {43},
year = {2016}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - New Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) observations of small-scale (~ 7 ion inertial length radius) flux transfer events (FTEs) at the dayside magnetopause are reported. The 10 km MMS tetrahedron size enables their structure and properties to be calculated using a variety of multi-spacecraft techniques, allowing them to be identified as flux ropes, whose flux content is small (~22 kWb). The current density, calculated using plasma and magnetic field measurements independently, is found to be filamentary. Inter-comparison of the plasma moments with electric and magnetic field measurements reveals structured non-frozen-in ion behavior. The data are further compared with a particle-in-cell simulation. It is concluded that these small-scale flux ropes, which are not seen to be growing, represent a distinct class of FTE which is generated on the magnetopause by secondary reconnection.
AU - Eastwood,J
AU - Phan,T
AU - Cassak,PA
AU - Gershman,DJ
AU - Haggerty,C
AU - Malakit,K
AU - Shay,MA
AU - Mistry,R
AU - Oieroset,M
AU - Russell,CT
AU - Slavin,JA
AU - Argall,MR
AU - Avanov,LA
AU - Burch,JL
AU - Chen,LJ
AU - Dorelli,JC
AU - Ergun,RE
AU - Giles,BL
AU - Khotyaintsev,Y
AU - Lavraud,B
AU - Lindqvist,PA
AU - Moore,TE
AU - Nakamura,R
AU - Paterson,W
AU - Pollock,C
AU - Strangeway,RJ
AU - Torbert,RB
AU - Wang,S
DO - 10.1002/2016GL068747
EP - 4724
PY - 2016///
SN - 1944-8007
SP - 4716
TI - Ion-scale secondary flux-ropes generated by magnetopause reconnection as resolved by MMS
T2 - Geophysical Research Letters
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068747
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/31936
VL - 43
ER -