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Retreat and reforma...
Retreat and reformation of X-line during quasi-continuous tailward-of-the-cusp reconnection under northward IMF
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Hasegawa, H. (author)
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Retino, A. (author)
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- Vaivads, Andris (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutet för rymdfysik, Uppsalaavdelningen
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- Khotyaintsev, Yuri (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutet för rymdfysik, Uppsalaavdelningen
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Nakamura, R. (author)
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Takada, T. (author)
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Miyashita, Y. (author)
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Reme, H. (author)
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Lucek, E. A. (author)
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- 2008
- 2008
- English.
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In: Geophysical Research Letters. - 0094-8276 .- 1944-8007. ; 35:15, s. L15104-
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- We present observations on 19-20 November 2006 by the Cluster spacecraft that were skimming the high-latitude dusk-flank magnetopause, which are consistent with more than one reconnection X-line present on the tailward side of the cusp under northward IMF. Evidence of quasi-continuous reconnection over 16 hours exists in the form of Alfvenic acceleration of magnetosheath ions found almost always when either of the satellites traversed the boundary. The data indicate that a dominant X-line was sunward of Cluster for most of the time, but ion velocity distributions consisting of two magnetosheath populations demonstrate that for part of the time, more than one X-line existed. Further, the motion of reconnected field lines shows that some X-line(s) retreated tailward. It is inferred that following the X-line retreat, another X-line reformed sunward of Cluster, leading tomultiple X-lines.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Physics
- Fysik
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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