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Analysis of 16 plasma vortex events in the geomagnetic tailThe analysis of 16 plasma vortex occurrences in the magnetotail plasma sheet of Hones et al. (1983) is extended. Two- and three-dimensional plasma measurements and three-dimensional magnetic field measurements were used to study phase relations, energy propagation, and polarization properties. The results point toward an interpretation as a slow strongly damped MHD eigenmode which is generated by tailward traveling perturbations at the low-latitude interface between plasma sheet and magnetosheath.
Document ID
19850062281
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Birn, J.
(Los Alamos Scientific Lab. NM, United States)
Hones, E. W., Jr.
(Los Alamos Scientific Lab. NM, United States)
Bame, S. J.
(Los Alamos National Laboratory NM, United States)
Russell, C. T.
(California, University Los Angeles, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 90
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
85A44432
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-25772
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASA ORDER S-04039-D
Distribution Limits
Public
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