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Multiscale Currents Observed by MMS in the Flow Braking Region. / Nakamura, Rumi; Varsani, Ali; Genestreti, Kevin J.; Le Contel, Olivier; Nakamura, Takuma; Baumjohann, Wolfgang; Nagai, Tsugunobu; Artemyev, Anton; Birn, Joachim; Sergeev, Victor A.; Apatenkov, Sergey; Ergun, Robert E.; Fuselier, Stephen A.; Gershman, Daniel J.; Giles, Barbara J.; Khotyaintsev, Yuri V.; Lindqvist, Per Arne; Magnes, Werner; Mauk, Barry; Petrukovich, Anatoli; Russell, Christopher T.; Stawarz, Julia; Strangeway, Robert J.; Anderson, Brian; Burch, James L.; Bromund, Ken R.; Cohen, Ian; Fischer, David; Jaynes, Allison; Kepko, Laurence; Le, Guan; Plaschke, Ferdinand; Reeves, Geoff; Singer, Howard J.; Slavin, James A.; Torbert, Roy B.; Turner, Drew L.
в: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Том 123, № 2, 01.02.2018, стр. 1260-1278.Результаты исследований: Научные публикации в периодических изданиях › статья › Рецензирование
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiscale Currents Observed by MMS in the Flow Braking Region
AU - Nakamura, Rumi
AU - Varsani, Ali
AU - Genestreti, Kevin J.
AU - Le Contel, Olivier
AU - Nakamura, Takuma
AU - Baumjohann, Wolfgang
AU - Nagai, Tsugunobu
AU - Artemyev, Anton
AU - Birn, Joachim
AU - Sergeev, Victor A.
AU - Apatenkov, Sergey
AU - Ergun, Robert E.
AU - Fuselier, Stephen A.
AU - Gershman, Daniel J.
AU - Giles, Barbara J.
AU - Khotyaintsev, Yuri V.
AU - Lindqvist, Per Arne
AU - Magnes, Werner
AU - Mauk, Barry
AU - Petrukovich, Anatoli
AU - Russell, Christopher T.
AU - Stawarz, Julia
AU - Strangeway, Robert J.
AU - Anderson, Brian
AU - Burch, James L.
AU - Bromund, Ken R.
AU - Cohen, Ian
AU - Fischer, David
AU - Jaynes, Allison
AU - Kepko, Laurence
AU - Le, Guan
AU - Plaschke, Ferdinand
AU - Reeves, Geoff
AU - Singer, Howard J.
AU - Slavin, James A.
AU - Torbert, Roy B.
AU - Turner, Drew L.
PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - We present characteristics of current layers in the off-equatorial near-Earth plasma sheet boundary observed with high time-resolution measurements from the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission during an intense substorm associated with multiple dipolarizations. The four Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft, separated by distances of about 50 km, were located in the southern hemisphere in the dusk portion of a substorm current wedge. They observed fast flow disturbances (up to about 500 km/s), most intense in the dawn-dusk direction. Field-aligned currents were observed initially within the expanding plasma sheet, where the flow and field disturbances showed the distinct pattern expected in the braking region of localized flows. Subsequently, intense thin field-aligned current layers were detected at the inner boundary of equatorward moving flux tubes together with Earthward streaming hot ions. Intense Hall current layers were found adjacent to the field-aligned currents. In particular, we found a Hall current structure in the vicinity of the Earthward streaming ion jet that consisted of mixed ion components, that is, hot unmagnetized ions, cold ExB drifting ions, and magnetized electrons. Our observations show that both the near-Earth plasma jet diversion and the thin Hall current layers formed around the reconnection jet boundary are the sites where diversion of the perpendicular currents take place that contribute to the observed field-aligned current pattern as predicted by simulations of reconnection jets. Hence, multiscale structure of flow braking is preserved in the field-aligned currents in the off-equatorial plasma sheet and is also translated to ionosphere to become a part of the substorm field-aligned current system.
AB - We present characteristics of current layers in the off-equatorial near-Earth plasma sheet boundary observed with high time-resolution measurements from the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission during an intense substorm associated with multiple dipolarizations. The four Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft, separated by distances of about 50 km, were located in the southern hemisphere in the dusk portion of a substorm current wedge. They observed fast flow disturbances (up to about 500 km/s), most intense in the dawn-dusk direction. Field-aligned currents were observed initially within the expanding plasma sheet, where the flow and field disturbances showed the distinct pattern expected in the braking region of localized flows. Subsequently, intense thin field-aligned current layers were detected at the inner boundary of equatorward moving flux tubes together with Earthward streaming hot ions. Intense Hall current layers were found adjacent to the field-aligned currents. In particular, we found a Hall current structure in the vicinity of the Earthward streaming ion jet that consisted of mixed ion components, that is, hot unmagnetized ions, cold ExB drifting ions, and magnetized electrons. Our observations show that both the near-Earth plasma jet diversion and the thin Hall current layers formed around the reconnection jet boundary are the sites where diversion of the perpendicular currents take place that contribute to the observed field-aligned current pattern as predicted by simulations of reconnection jets. Hence, multiscale structure of flow braking is preserved in the field-aligned currents in the off-equatorial plasma sheet and is also translated to ionosphere to become a part of the substorm field-aligned current system.
KW - field-aligned current
KW - flow braking
KW - magnetic reconnection
KW - Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)
KW - plasma sheet boundary
KW - MAGNETIC RECONNECTION
KW - RAPID FLUX TRANSPORT
KW - MAGNETOSPHERIC MULTISCALE
KW - ACCELERATION
KW - DISTRIBUTIONS
KW - DIPOLARIZATION FRONTS
KW - ELECTRIC-FIELDS
KW - DYNAMICS
KW - PLASMA SHEET
KW - MAGNETOTAIL
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UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/multiscale-currents-observed-mms-flow-braking-region
U2 - 10.1002/2017JA024686
DO - 10.1002/2017JA024686
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85042177325
VL - 123
SP - 1260
EP - 1278
JO - Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
JF - Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
SN - 0148-0227
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 35373117