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Mapping MMS Observations of Solitary Waves in Earth's Magnetic Field
Lab Atmospher & Space Phys, Boulder, CO 80303 USA..
Lab Atmospher & Space Phys, Boulder, CO 80303 USA.;Univ Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019 USA..
Lab Atmospher & Space Phys, Boulder, CO 80303 USA.;Univ Colorado, Astrophys & Planetary Sci Dept, Boulder, CO 80309 USA..
Lab Atmospher & Space Phys, Boulder, CO 80303 USA.;Univ Colorado, Astrophys & Planetary Sci Dept, Boulder, CO 80309 USA..
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2021 (English)In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics, ISSN 2169-9380, E-ISSN 2169-9402, Vol. 126, no 12, article id e2021JA029389Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Electrostatic solitary waves (ESWs) are a type of nonlinear time-domain plasma structure (TDS) generally defined by bipolar electric fields and propagation parallel to the local magnetic field. Formation mechanisms for TDSs in the magnetosphere have been studied extensively and are associated with plasma boundary layers and the braking of bursty bulk flows (BBFs). However, the rapid timescales over which these TDSs occur (<2 ms) make them infeasible to count by eye over large time periods. Furthermore, high-cadence data are not always available. The Solitary Wave Detector (SWD) on NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission quantifies the occurrence and amplitude of TDS throughout the constellation's orbit; analysis of burst (65 kS/s) parallel electric field data indicates that the SWD captures approximately 60% of all bipolar TDS encountered in the tail region, enabling large-scale examination of their occurrence. Maps of TDS occurrence rates during several years of the MMS mission were generated from SWD data, showing enhanced TDS density in the tail region between 6 and 9 Re; enhance occurrence in or near shocks; and an unexpected enhancement in the dawn side of the tail and in the radiation belt.

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American Geophysical Union (AGU) , 2021. Vol. 126, no 12, article id e2021JA029389
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electrostatic solitary wave, nonlinear time-domain structures, mapping, magnetospheric multiscale
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Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-307163DOI: 10.1029/2021JA029389ISI: 000735715600044Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85117618482OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-307163DiVA, id: diva2:1631830
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