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Ion reflection and transmission during reconnection at the earth's subsolar magnetopauseComposition measurements in an accelerated flow event at the earth's dayside magnetopause show evidence for reflection and transmission of magnetospheric and magnetosheath ion species. Furthermore, a single velocity transformation approximately tangent to the magnetopause surface orders the individual transmitted and reflected ion distributions on both sides of the magnetopause into field-aligned flow at V(A), the local Alfven speed. These observations provide strong evidence for a kinetic description of magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause.
Document ID
19910041658
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Fuselier, S. A.
(Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Klumpar, D. M.
(Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Shelley, E. G.
(Lockheed Research Laboratories Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 18
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
91A26281
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-30565
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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