Cluster encounter of a magnetic reconnection diffusion region in the near-Earth magnetotail on September 19, 2003 -: art. no. L19105

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Borg, AL

Oieroset, M

Phan, TD

Mozer, FS

Pedersen, A

Mouikis, C

McFadden, JP

Twitty, C

Balogh, A

Rème, H

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[1] Univ Oslo, Dept Phys, N-0316 Oslo, Norway

[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Space Sci Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[3] Univ New Hampshire, Ctr Space Sci, Durham, NH 03824 USA

[4] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, London SW7 2BZ, England

[5] Ctr Etud Spatiale Rayonnements, F-31028 Toulouse, France

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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2005年 / 32卷 / 19期

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10.1029/2005GL023794

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P [天文学、地球科学];

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07 ;

摘要：

We report a clear encounter by the Cluster spacecraft of a magnetic reconnection diffusion region in the near-Earth magnetotail at X-GSM = -17.5 R-E on September 19, 2003. In addition to the reversals of the plasma jets and of GSM-z (similar to normal) component of the magnetic field, clear signatures of Hall quadrupolar (GSM-y) magnetic fields as well as bipolar Hall (GSM-z) electric fields with amplitude up to 80 mV/m directed toward the neutral sheet in both hemispheres were observed. Furthermore, large fluctuations in the electric field perpendicular to the magnetic field with amplitudes reaching 65 mV/m were observed near the separatrices in both hemispheres and in association with local density minima.

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