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Inverse reconstruction technique based on time-dependent Petschek-type reconnection model : First application to THEMIS magnetotail observations. / Ivanova, V.; Liu, J.; Kiehas, S.; Semenov, V.; Biernat, H.
In: Annales Geophysicae, Vol. 27, No. 12, 28.12.2009, p. 4369-4377.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Inverse reconstruction technique based on time-dependent Petschek-type reconnection model
T2 - First application to THEMIS magnetotail observations
AU - Ivanova, V.
AU - Liu, J.
AU - Kiehas, S.
AU - Semenov, V.
AU - Biernat, H.
PY - 2009/12/28
Y1 - 2009/12/28
N2 - We apply the inverse reconstruction technique based on the two-dimensional time-dependent Petschek-type reconnection model to a dual bipolar magnetic structure observed by THEMIS B probe in the Earth's magnetotail during a substorm on 22 February 2008 around 04:35 UT. The technique exploits the recorded bipolar magnetic field variation as an input and provides the reconnection electric field and the location of the X-line as an output. As a result of the technique application, we get (1) the electric field, reaching ∼1.1 mV/m at the maximum and consisting of two successive pulses with total duration of ∼6 min, and (2) the approximate X-line position located in the magnetotail between 18 and 20 RE.
AB - We apply the inverse reconstruction technique based on the two-dimensional time-dependent Petschek-type reconnection model to a dual bipolar magnetic structure observed by THEMIS B probe in the Earth's magnetotail during a substorm on 22 February 2008 around 04:35 UT. The technique exploits the recorded bipolar magnetic field variation as an input and provides the reconnection electric field and the location of the X-line as an output. As a result of the technique application, we get (1) the electric field, reaching ∼1.1 mV/m at the maximum and consisting of two successive pulses with total duration of ∼6 min, and (2) the approximate X-line position located in the magnetotail between 18 and 20 RE.
KW - Space plasma physics (Magnetic reconnection)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=72449204141&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5194/angeo-27-4369-2009
DO - 10.5194/angeo-27-4369-2009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:72449204141
VL - 27
SP - 4369
EP - 4377
JO - Annales Geophysicae
JF - Annales Geophysicae
SN - 0992-7689
IS - 12
ER -
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