Magnetic disconnection from the Sun: Observations of a reconnection exhaust in the solar wind at the heliospheric current sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Gosling, J T ^a   Skoug, R M ^a   McComas, D J ^b   Smith, C W ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA FLOW; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACECRAFT; WIND EFFECTS;

HELIOSPHERIC SHEET; MAGNETIC DISCONNECTION; PLASMA FLOW FILLING;

SUN;

SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 20444477935     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022406     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Crooker, N. U., D. E. Larson, S. W. Kahler, S. M. Lamassa, and H. E. Spence (2003), Suprathermal electron isotropy in high-beta solar wind and its role in heat flux dropouts, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(12), 1619, doi:10.1029/2003GL017036.
2. Feldman, W. C., J. R. Asbridge, S. J. Bame, M. D. Montgomery, and S. P. Gary (1975), Solar wind electrons, J. Geophys. Res., 80, 4191.
3. Fitzenreiter, R. J., and K. W. Ogilvie (1992), Heat flux dropouts in the solar wind and Coulomb scattering effects, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 19,213.
4. Gosling, J. T., R. M. Skoug, and W. C. Feldman (2001), Solar wind electron halo depletions at 90° pitch angle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 4155.
5. Gosling, J. T., R. M. Skoug, D. J. McComas, and C. W. Smith (2005), Direct evidence for magnetic reconnection in the solar wind near 1 AU, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A01107, doi:10.1029/2004JA010809.
6. Hones, E. W., Jr. (Ed.) (1984), Magnetic Reconnection in Space and Laboratory Plasmas, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol. 320, pp. 1-386, AGU, Washington, D. C.
7. Lin, R. P., and S. W. Kahler (1992), Interplanetary magnetic field connection to the Sun during electron heat flux dropouts in the solar wind, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 8203.
8. McComas, D. J., J. T. Gosling, J. L. Phillips, S. J. Bame, J. G. Luhmann, and E. J. Smith (1989), Electron heat flux dropouts in the solar wind: Evidence for interplanetary magnetic field reconnection?, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 6907.
9. McComas, D. J., et al. (1998), Solar wind electron proton alpha monitor (SWEPAM) for the Advanced Composition Explorer, Space Sci. Rev., 86, 563.
10. Pagel, C., N. U. Crooker, D. E. Larson, S. W. Kahler, and M. J. Owens (2005), Understanding electron heat flux signatures in the solar wind, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A01103, doi:10.1029/2004JA010767.
11. Petschek, H. E. (1964), Magnetic annihilation, in AAS-NASA-Symposium on the Physics of Solar Flares, NASA Spec. Publ., SP-50, 425 pp.
12. Phillips, J. L., and J. T. Gosling (1990), Evolution of solar wind thermal electron distributions due to expansion and collisions, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 4217.
13. Rosenbauer, H., R. Schwenn, E. Marsch, B. Meyer, H. Miggenrieder, M. D. Montgomery, K. H. Mühlhäuser, W. Pilipp, W. Voges, and S. K. Zink (1977), A survey of initial results of the Helios plasma experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 42, 561.
14. Smith, C. W., et al. (1998), The ACE magnetic fields experiment, Space Sci. Rev., 86, 613.
15. Sonnerup, B. U. O., G. Paschmann, I. Papamastorakis, N. Sckopke, G. Haerendel, S. J. Bame, J. R. Asbridge, J. T. Gosling, and C. T. Russell (1981), Evidence for magnetic field reconnection at the Earth's magnetopause, J. Geophys. Res., 86, 10,049.