GEOTAIL OBSERVATIONS OF A FAST TAILWARD FLOW AT X-GSM=-15 R-E

Authors
NAGAI T FUJIMOTO M NAKAMURA R SAITO Y MUKAI T YAMAMOTO T NISHIDA A KOKUBUN S REEVES GD LEPPING RP
Citation
T. Nagai et al., GEOTAIL OBSERVATIONS OF A FAST TAILWARD FLOW AT X-GSM=-15 R-E, J GEO R-S P, 103(A10), 1998, pp. 23543-23550
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary","Astronomy & Astrophysics","Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences",Oceanografhy,"Geochemitry & Geophysics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
ISSN journal
21699380 → ACNP
Volume
103
Issue
A10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
23543 - 23550
Database
ISI
SICI code
2169-9380(1998)103:A10<23543:GOOAFT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Geotail observed a fast tailward flow burst (a speed of >600 km/s) wit h southward B-z in the Earth's magnetotail at a radial distance of 15. 5 R-E on March 30, 1995. Ions in this burst consisted of a single-comp onent plasma showing convection motion, and these ions were confined n ear the neutral sheet. This flow burst was likely associated with a ps eudobreakup rather than a major substorm onset. In this event, magneti c reconnection appeared to take place only for the field lines near th e neutral sheet. The magnetic reconnection was quenched soon and resul ted in a short-lived tailward flow burst embedded in the plasma sheet.