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Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission observations and non-force free modeling of a flux transfer event immersed in a super-Alfvenic flow
Univ New Hampshire, Ctr Space Sci, Durham, NH 03824 USA..
Univ Toulouse, Inst Rech Astrophys, Toulouse, France.;CNRS, Toulouse, France..
Univ New Hampshire, Ctr Space Sci, Durham, NH 03824 USA..
Univ New Hampshire, Ctr Space Sci, Durham, NH 03824 USA..
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2016 (English)In: Geophysical Research Letters, ISSN 0094-8276, E-ISSN 1944-8007, Vol. 43, no 12, p. 6070-6077Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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We analyze plasma, magnetic field, and electric field data for a flux transfer event (FTE) to highlight improvements in our understanding of these transient reconnection signatures resulting from high-resolution data. The similar to 20 s long, reverse FTE, which occurred south of the geomagnetic equator near dusk, was immersed in super-Alfvenic flow. The field line twist is illustrated by the behavior of flows parallel/perpendicular to the magnetic field. Four-spacecraft timing and energetic particle pitch angle anisotropies indicate a flux rope (FR) connected to the Northern Hemisphere and moving southeast. The flow forces evidently overcame the magnetic tension. The high-speed flows inside the FR were different from those outside. The external flows were perpendicular to the field as expected for draping of the external field around the FR. Modeling the FR analytically, we adopt a non-force free approach since the current perpendicular to the field is nonzero. It reproduces many features of the observations.

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American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2016. Vol. 43, no 12, p. 6070-6077
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detailed plasma behavior in and around FTE; draping signatures around an FTE; nonforce-free modeling of the FTE flux rope
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Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Geophysics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-200108DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068758ISI: 000380910100020Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84978130202OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-200108DiVA, id: diva2:1067324
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