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Thin Current Sheet Behind the Dipolarization Front. / Nakamura, R.; Baumjohann, W.; Nakamura, T. K.M.; Schmid, D.; Varsani, A.; Apatenkov, S.; Sergeev, V. A.; Birn, J.; Nagai, T.; Gabrielse, C.; André, M.; Burch, J. L.; Carr, C.; Dandouras, I. S.; Escoubet, C. P.; Fazakerley, A. N.; Giles, B. L.; Le Contel, O.; Russell, C. T.; Torbert, R. B.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Thin Current Sheet Behind the Dipolarization Front
AU - Nakamura, R.
AU - Baumjohann, W.
AU - Nakamura, T. K.M.
AU - Schmid, D.
AU - Varsani, A.
AU - Apatenkov, S.
AU - Sergeev, V. A.
AU - Birn, J.
AU - Nagai, T.
AU - Gabrielse, C.
AU - André, M.
AU - Burch, J. L.
AU - Carr, C.
AU - Dandouras, I. S.
AU - Escoubet, C. P.
AU - Fazakerley, A. N.
AU - Giles, B. L.
AU - Le Contel, O.
AU - Russell, C. T.
AU - Torbert, R. B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - We report a unique conjugate observation of fast flows and associated current sheet disturbances in the near-Earth magnetotail by MMS (Magnetospheric Multiscale) and Cluster preceding a positive bay onset of a small substorm at ∼14:10 UT, September 8, 2018. MMS and Cluster were located both at X ∼ −14 RE. A dipolarization front (DF) of a localized fast flow was detected by Cluster and MMS, separated in the dawn-dusk direction by ∼4 RE, almost simultaneously. Adiabatic electron acceleration signatures revealed from the comparison of the energy spectra confirm that both spacecraft encounter the same DF. We analyzed the change in the current sheet structure based on multi-scale multi-point data analysis. The current sheet thickened during the passage of DF, yet, temporally thinned subsequently associated with another flow enhancement centered more on the dawnward side of the initial flow. MMS and Cluster observed intense perpendicular and parallel current in the off-equatorial region mainly during this interval of the current sheet thinning. Maximum field-aligned currents both at MMS and Cluster are directed tailward. Detailed analysis of MMS data showed that the intense field-aligned currents consisted of multiple small-scale intense current layers accompanied by enhanced Hall-currents in the dawn-dusk flow-shear region. We suggest that the current sheet thinning is related to the flow bouncing process and/or to the expansion/activation of reconnection. Based on these mesoscale and small-scale multipoint observations, 3D evolution of the flow and current-sheet disturbances was inferred preceding the development of a substorm current wedge.
AB - We report a unique conjugate observation of fast flows and associated current sheet disturbances in the near-Earth magnetotail by MMS (Magnetospheric Multiscale) and Cluster preceding a positive bay onset of a small substorm at ∼14:10 UT, September 8, 2018. MMS and Cluster were located both at X ∼ −14 RE. A dipolarization front (DF) of a localized fast flow was detected by Cluster and MMS, separated in the dawn-dusk direction by ∼4 RE, almost simultaneously. Adiabatic electron acceleration signatures revealed from the comparison of the energy spectra confirm that both spacecraft encounter the same DF. We analyzed the change in the current sheet structure based on multi-scale multi-point data analysis. The current sheet thickened during the passage of DF, yet, temporally thinned subsequently associated with another flow enhancement centered more on the dawnward side of the initial flow. MMS and Cluster observed intense perpendicular and parallel current in the off-equatorial region mainly during this interval of the current sheet thinning. Maximum field-aligned currents both at MMS and Cluster are directed tailward. Detailed analysis of MMS data showed that the intense field-aligned currents consisted of multiple small-scale intense current layers accompanied by enhanced Hall-currents in the dawn-dusk flow-shear region. We suggest that the current sheet thinning is related to the flow bouncing process and/or to the expansion/activation of reconnection. Based on these mesoscale and small-scale multipoint observations, 3D evolution of the flow and current-sheet disturbances was inferred preceding the development of a substorm current wedge.
KW - bursty bulk flow
KW - Cluster
KW - current sheet
KW - dipolarization front
KW - electron acceleration
KW - MMS
KW - ELECTRIC-FIELD
KW - RECONNECTION
KW - DRIVEN
KW - MODEL
KW - MAGNETOSPHERE
KW - FLOW-BRAKING
KW - KINETIC BALLOONING/INTERCHANGE INSTABILITY
KW - MAGNETOTAIL
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85118160960&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/d0cb3b7e-5929-3f5f-a693-6c043b06568c/
U2 - 10.1029/2021JA029518
DO - 10.1029/2021JA029518
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118160960
VL - 126
JO - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
JF - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
SN - 2169-9380
IS - 10
M1 - e2021JA029518
ER -
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