Multi-point study of the magnetotail current sheet

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-92

  Runov, A ^a   Nakamura, R ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Current sheet; Magnetotail; Plasma sheet; Reconnection

Indexed keywords

GRADIENT METHODS; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASMA SIMULATION; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; SPATIAL VARIABLES CONTROL; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

CURRENT SHEET; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA SHEET; SHEET FLAPPING;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33748073793     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.09.024     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Asano Y., Mukai T., Hoshino M., Saito Y., Hayakawa H., and Nagai T. Current sheet structure around the near-Earth neutral line observed by Geotail. J. Geophys. Res. 109 (2004) A02212 10.1029/2003JA010114
2. Balogh A., Carr C.M., Acuña M.H., et al. The Cluster magnetic field investigation: overview of inflight perfomance and initial results. Ann. Geophys. 19 (2001) 1207-1217
3. Behannon K.W. Geometry of the geomagnetic tail. J. Geophys. Res. 75 (1970) 743-753
4. Birn J., Drake J.F., Shay M.A., Rogers B.N., Denton R.E., Hesse M., Kuznetsova M., Ma Z.W., Bhattacharjee A., Otto A., and Pritchett P.L. Geospace environmental modeling (GEM) magnetic reconnection challenge. J. Geophys. Res. 106 (2001) 3715-3719
5. Cattell, C., Dombeck, J., Wygant, J., Mozer, F.S., AndrT, M. The role of waves in magnetotail dynamics. In: Winglee, R.M. (Ed.), Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Substorms, Seattle, Washington, March 25-29, 2002, Washington, The University of Washington, pp. 445-449, 2002.
6. Chanteur, G., Spatial interpolation for four spacecraft: theory, In: Paschmann, G., Daly, P. (Eds.), Analysis Methods for Multi-Spacecraft Data. ESA Publication Division, Noordwijk, pp. 349-369, 1998.
7. Fairfield D.H. On the average configuration of the geomagnetic tail. J. Geophys. Res. 84 (1979) 1950-1958
8. Fairfield D.H., Hones E.W., and Meng C.-I. Multiple crossings of a very thin plasma sheet in the Earth's magnetotail. J. Geophys. Res. 86 (1981) 11189-11200
9. Harris E.G. On a plasma sheet separating regions of oppositly directed magnetic field. Nuovo Cimento 23 (1962) 115-121
10. Harvey, C. C., Spatial gradients and volumetric tensor. In: Paschmann, G., Daly, P. (Eds.), Analysis Methods for Multi-Spacecraft Data. ESA Publication Division, Noordwijk, pp. 307-322, 1998.
11. Hoshino M., Nishida A., Mukai T., Saito Y., Yamamoto T., and Kokubun S. Structure of plasma sheet in magnetotail: double-peaked electric current sheet. J. Geophys. Res. 101 (1996) 24775-24786
12. Hoshino M., Mukai T., Terasawa T., and Shinohara I. Supethermal electron acceleration in magnetic reconnection. J. Geophys. Res. 106 (2001) 25972-25997
13. Karimbadi H., Pritchett P.L., Daughton W., and Krauss-Varban D. Ion-ion kink instability in the magnetotail: 2 three-dimensional full particle and hybrid simulations and comparison with observations. J. Geophys. Res. 108 (2003) 1401 10.1029/2003JA010109
14. Lui A.T.Y., Meng C.-I., and Akasofu S.-I. Wavy nature of the magnetotail neutral sheet. Geophys. Res. Lett. 5 (1978) 279-282
15. McComas D.J., Russel C.T., Elphic R.C., and Bame S.J. The near-Earth cross-tail current sheet: detailed ISEE 1 and 2 case studies. J. Geophys. Res. 91 (1986) 4287-4301
16. Nagai T., Fujimoto M., Saito Y., Machida S., Terasawa T., Nakamura R., Yamamoto T., Mukai T., Nishida A., and Kokubun S. Structure and dynamics of magnetic reconnection for substorm onsets with Geotail observations. J. Geophys. Res. 103 (1998) 4419-4440
17. Nagai T., Shinohara I., Fujimoto M., Hoshino M., Saito Y., Machida S., and Mukai T. Geotail observations of the Hall current system: evidence of magnetic reconnection in the magnetotail. J. Geophys. Res. 106 (2001) 25929-25950
18. Nakagawa T., and Nishida A. Southward magnetic field in the neutral sheet produced by wavy motions propagating in the dawn-dusk direction. Geophys. Res. Lett. 16 (1989) 1265-1268
19. Nakamura R., Baumjohann W., Runov A., et al. Fast flow during current sheet thinning. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29 (2002) 2140 10.1029/2002GL016200
20. Øieroset M., Phan T.D., Fujimoto M., Lin R.P., and Lepping R.P. In situ detection of collisionless reconnection in the Earth's magnetotail. Nature 412 (2001) 414-417
21. Rème H., Aostin C., Bosqued J.M., et al. First multispacecraft ion measurements in and near the Earth's magnetosphere with the identical Cluster ion spectrometry (CIS) experiment. Ann. Geophys. 19 (2001) 1303-1354
22. Runov A., Nakamura R., Baumjohann W., Zhang T.L., Volwerk M., Eichelberger H.-U., and Balogh A. Cluster observation of a bifurcated current sheet. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30 (2003) 1036 10.1029/2002GL016136
23. Runov A., Nakamura R., Baumjohann W., et al. Current sheet structure near magnetic X-line observed by Cluster. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30 (2003) 1579 10.1029/2002GL016730
24. Runov A., Sergeev V., Nakamura R., Baumjohann W., Vörös Z., Volwerk M., Asano Y., Klecker B., Rème H., and Balogh A. Properties of a bifurcated current sheet observed on 29 August 2001. Ann. Geophys. 22 (2004) 2535-2540
25. Runov A., Sergeev V.A., Nakamura R., Baumjohann W., Zhang T.L., Asano Y., Volwerk M., Vörös Z., Balogh A., and Rème H. Reconstruction of the magnetotail current sheet structure using multi-point Cluster measurements. Planet. Space Sci. 53 (2005) 237-243
26. Sanny J., McPherron R.L., Russel C.T., Baker D.N., Pulkkinen T.I., and Nishida A. Growth-phase thinning of the near-Earth current sheet during CDAW 6 substorm. J. Geophys. Res. 99 (1994) 5805-5816
27. Sergeev V., Angelopulous V., Carlson C., and Sutcliffe P. Current sheet measurements within a flapping plasma sheet. J. Geophys. Res. 103 (1998) 9177-9188
28. Sergeev V.A., Mitchell D.G., Russell C.T., and Williams D.J. Structure of the tail plasma/current sheet at 11 Re and its changes in the course of a substorm. J. Geophys. Res. 98 (1993) 17345-17366
29. Sergeev V., Runov A., Baumjohann W., Nakamura R., Zhang T.L., Volwerk M., Balogh A., Rème H., Sauvaud J.A., Andrè M., and Klecker B. Current sheet flapping motion and structure observed by Cluster. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30 (2003) 1327 10.1029/2002GL016500
30. Sergeev V., Runov A., Baumjohann W., et al. Orientation and propagation of current sheet oscillations. Geophys. Res. Lett. 31 (2004) L05807 10.1029/2003GL019346
31. Speiser T.W., and Ness N.F. The neutral sheet in the geomagnetic tail: its motion, equivalent currents, and field line reconnection through it. J. Geophys. Res. 72 (1967) 131-141
32. Toyichi T., and Miyazaki T. Flapping motions of the tail plasma sheet induced by the interplanetary magnetic field variations. Planet. Space Sci. 24 (1976) 147-159
33. Yoon P.H., Drake J.F., and Lui A.T. Theory and simulation of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in the geomagnetic tail. J. Geophys. Res. 101 (1996) 27327-27339
34. Yoon P.H., Lui A.T.Y., and Wong H.K. Two-fluid theory of drift-kink instability in one-dimensional neutral sheet. J. Geophys. Res. 103 (1998) 11875-11886
35. Zhang T.L., Baumjohann W., Nakamura R., Balogh A., and Glassmeier K.-H. A wavy twisted neutral sheet observed by Cluster. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29 (2002) 1899 10.1029/2002GL015544