Magnetic reconnection and cold plasma at the magnetopause
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Magnetic reconnection and cold plasma at the magnetopause
[1] We report on detailed observations by the four Cluster spacecraft of magnetic reconnection and a Flux Transfer Event (FTE) at the magnetopause. We detect cold (eV) plasma at the magnetopause with two independent methods. We show that the cold ions can be essential for the electric field normal to the current sheet in the separatrix region at the edge of the FTE and for the associated accele...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/2010gl044611