Smith, MF;
Owen, CJ;
(1992)
Temperature anisotropies in a magnetospheric FTE.
Geophysical Research Letters
, 19
(19)
1907 - 1910.
10.1029/92GL01618.
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Abstract
We present AMPTE UKS data from a well‐studied magnetospheric flux transfer event, showing detailed ion phase‐space distributions for each region of this layered event. We show that the perpendicular temperature anisotropy maximizes at the center of the event. This is inconsistent with recent suggestions that FTE signatures may result from the spacecraft moving into and then out of the magnetosheath via the plasma depletion layer. We present an explanation for the temperature anisotropy structure in terms of a reconnection model.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Temperature anisotropies in a magnetospheric FTE |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1029/92GL01618 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/92GL01618 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright 1992 by the American Geophysical Union |
| Keywords: | Flux-transfer events; Plasma depletion layer; Dayside magnetopause; Earths magnetopause; Ion; Magnetosheath; Magnetometer; Distributions; Reconnection; Boundary |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/153208 |
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