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@article{Fargette:2020:10.1029/2019gl086726,
author = {Fargette, N and Lavraud, B and Øieroset, M and Phan, TD and ToledoRedondo, S and Kieokaew, R and Jacquey, C and Fuselier, SA and Trattner, KJ and Petrinec, S and Hasegawa, H and Garnier, P and Génot, V and Lenouvel, Q and Fadanelli, S and Penou, E and Sauvaud, J and Avanov, DLA and Burch, J and Chandler, MO and Coffey, VN and Dorelli, J and Eastwood, JP and Farrugia, CJ and Gershman, DJ and Giles, BL and Grigorenko, E and Moore, TE and Paterson, WR and Pollock, C and Saito, Y and Schiff, C and Smith, SE},
doi = {10.1029/2019gl086726},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
pages = {1--9},
title = {On the ubiquity of magnetic reconnection inside flux transfer eventlike structures at the earth's magnetopause},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019gl086726},
volume = {47},
year = {2020}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - Flux transfer events (FTEs) are transient phenomena frequently observed at the Earth's magnetopause. Their usual interpretation is a flux rope moving away from the reconnection region. However, the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission revealed that magnetic reconnection sometimes occurs inside these structures, questioning their flux rope configuration. Here we investigate 229 FTEtype structures and find reconnection signatures inside 19% of them. We analyze their largescale magnetic topology using electron heat flux and find that it is significantly different across the FTE reconnecting current sheets, demonstrating that they are constituted of two magnetically disconnected structures. We also find that the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) associated with reconnecting FTEs presents a strong By component. We discuss several formation mechanisms to explain these observations. In particular, the maximum magnetic shear model predicts that for large IMF By, two spatially distinct X lines coexist at the magnetopause. They can generate separate magnetic flux tubes that may become interlaced.
AU - Fargette,N
AU - Lavraud,B
AU - Øieroset,M
AU - Phan,TD
AU - ToledoRedondo,S
AU - Kieokaew,R
AU - Jacquey,C
AU - Fuselier,SA
AU - Trattner,KJ
AU - Petrinec,S
AU - Hasegawa,H
AU - Garnier,P
AU - Génot,V
AU - Lenouvel,Q
AU - Fadanelli,S
AU - Penou,E
AU - Sauvaud,J
AU - Avanov,DLA
AU - Burch,J
AU - Chandler,MO
AU - Coffey,VN
AU - Dorelli,J
AU - Eastwood,JP
AU - Farrugia,CJ
AU - Gershman,DJ
AU - Giles,BL
AU - Grigorenko,E
AU - Moore,TE
AU - Paterson,WR
AU - Pollock,C
AU - Saito,Y
AU - Schiff,C
AU - Smith,SE
DO - 10.1029/2019gl086726
EP - 9
PY - 2020///
SN - 0094-8276
SP - 1
TI - On the ubiquity of magnetic reconnection inside flux transfer eventlike structures at the earth's magnetopause
T2 - Geophysical Research Letters
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019gl086726
UR - https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019GL086726
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/77669
VL - 47
ER -