Cluster Observation of Magnetic Structure and Electron Flows at a Northward Interplanetary Magnetic Field X-Line
dc.contributor.author | Wendel, D. E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Reiff, P. H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Han, T. H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Goldstein, Melvyn | |
dc.contributor.author | Lucek, E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Fazakerley, A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-13T19:50:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-11-13T19:50:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-01 | |
dc.description | Proceedings Cluster and Double Star Symposium – 5th Anniversary of Cluster in Space, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 19 - 23 September 2005 (ESA SP-598, January 2006) | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | On March 18, 2002, the Cluster satellites traveled from the earth’s northern mantle into the magnetosheath. During this time, the IMAGE spacecraft observed a long-lived proton emission northward of the auroral zone. The Cluster electron and magnetic field data suggest Cluster passed within 1 km of an active reconnection line, entering the ion diffusion region and the edge of the electron diffusion region. We present the current structure, velocity, orientation, and size of the reconnection line. The functional fit to the data also gives an estimate of 100 km for the thickness of the current sheet. We propose that the x-line, though wavering over the spacecraft, is globally stable during Cluster's passage through the magnetopause. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors thank Steven Schwartz for his calibrated electron moments and advice. This research is supported in part by NASA under grant NAG5-13219. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | https://sci.esa.int/documents/34817/36255/1567253602750-7.3_Wendel.pdf | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 6 pages | en_US |
dc.genre | conference papers and proceedings | en_US |
dc.genre | preprints | en_US |
dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2ts14-mktf | |
dc.identifier.citation | Wendel, D. E., et al. ""Cluster Observation of Magnetic Structure and Electron Flows at a Northward Interplanetary Magnetic Field X-Line."" Proceedings Cluster and Double Star Symposium – 5th Anniversary of Cluster in Space, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 19 - 23 September 2005. https://sci.esa.int/documents/34817/36255/1567253602750-7.3_Wendel.pdf. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/30733 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | European Space Agency | en_US |
dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute (GPHI) | |
dc.rights | This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law. | en_US |
dc.rights | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ | * |
dc.title | Cluster Observation of Magnetic Structure and Electron Flows at a Northward Interplanetary Magnetic Field X-Line | en_US |
dc.type | Text | en_US |
dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5317-988X | en_US |