@article{Eastwood:2016:10.1002/2016GL068747,
author = {Eastwood, J and Phan, T and Cassak, PA and Gershman, DJ and Haggerty, C and Malakit, K and Shay, MA and Mistry, R and Oieroset, M and Russell, CT and Slavin, JA and Argall, MR and Avanov, LA and Burch, JL and Chen, LJ and Dorelli, JC and Ergun, RE and Giles, BL and Khotyaintsev, Y and Lavraud, B and Lindqvist, PA and Moore, TE and Nakamura, R and Paterson, W and Pollock, C and Strangeway, RJ and Torbert, RB and Wang, S},
doi = {10.1002/2016GL068747},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
pages = {4716--4724},
title = {Ion-scale secondary flux-ropes generated by magnetopause reconnection as resolved by MMS},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068747},
volume = {43},
year = {2016}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - New Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) observations of small-scale (~ 7 ion inertial length radius) flux transfer events (FTEs) at the dayside magnetopause are reported. The 10 km MMS tetrahedron size enables their structure and properties to be calculated using a variety of multi-spacecraft techniques, allowing them to be identified as flux ropes, whose flux content is small (~22 kWb). The current density, calculated using plasma and magnetic field measurements independently, is found to be filamentary. Inter-comparison of the plasma moments with electric and magnetic field measurements reveals structured non-frozen-in ion behavior. The data are further compared with a particle-in-cell simulation. It is concluded that these small-scale flux ropes, which are not seen to be growing, represent a distinct class of FTE which is generated on the magnetopause by secondary reconnection.
AU  - Eastwood,J
AU  - Phan,T
AU  - Cassak,PA
AU  - Gershman,DJ
AU  - Haggerty,C
AU  - Malakit,K
AU  - Shay,MA
AU  - Mistry,R
AU  - Oieroset,M
AU  - Russell,CT
AU  - Slavin,JA
AU  - Argall,MR
AU  - Avanov,LA
AU  - Burch,JL
AU  - Chen,LJ
AU  - Dorelli,JC
AU  - Ergun,RE
AU  - Giles,BL
AU  - Khotyaintsev,Y
AU  - Lavraud,B
AU  - Lindqvist,PA
AU  - Moore,TE
AU  - Nakamura,R
AU  - Paterson,W
AU  - Pollock,C
AU  - Strangeway,RJ
AU  - Torbert,RB
AU  - Wang,S
DO  - 10.1002/2016GL068747
EP  - 4724
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1944-8007
SP  - 4716
TI  - Ion-scale secondary flux-ropes generated by magnetopause reconnection as resolved by MMS
T2  - Geophysical Research Letters
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068747
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/31936
VL  - 43
ER  - 

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