On Magnetosheath Jet Kinetic Structure and Plasma PropertiesShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Geophysical Research Letters, ISSN 0094-8276, E-ISSN 1944-8007, Vol. 49, no 21, article id e2022GL100678Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
High-speed plasma jets downstream of Earth's bow shock are high velocity streams associated with a variety of shock and magnetospheric phenomena. In this work, using the Magnetosphere Multiscale mission, we study the properties of a jet found downstream of the Quasi-parallel bow shock using high-resolution (burst) data. By doing so, we demonstrate how the jet is an inherently kinetic structure described by highly variable velocity distributions. The observed distributions show the presence of two plasma population, a cold/fast jet and a hotter/slower background population. We derive partial moments for the jet population to isolate its properties. The resulting partial moments appear different from the full ones which are typically used in similar studies. These discrepancies show how jets are more similar to upstream solar wind beams compared to what was previously believed. Finally, we explore the consequences of our results and methodology regarding the characterization, origin, and evolution of jets.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Geophysical Union (AGU) , 2022. Vol. 49, no 21, article id e2022GL100678
Keywords [en]
bow shock, kinetic plasma, magnetosheath, magnetosheath jet, plasma moments, VDFs, Magnetosphere, Population distribution, Bow shocks, Kinetic plasmas, Kinetic structure, Magnetosheaths, Plasma moment, Property, Structure property, VDF, Kinetics, evolution, jet, kinetic energy, plasma, solar wind
National Category
Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-329017DOI: 10.1029/2022GL100678ISI: 000879370100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85141939061OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-329017DiVA, id: diva2:1767603
Note
Not duplicate with DiVA 1706147
QC 20230614
2023-06-142023-06-142023-06-14Bibliographically approved