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Kitamura N, Amano T, Omura Y, Boardsen SA, Gershman DJ, Miyoshi Y, Kitahara M, Katoh Y, Kojima H, Nakamura S, Shoji M, Saito Y, Yokota S, Giles BL, Paterson WR, Pollock CJ, Barrie AC, Skeberdis DG, Kreisler S, Le Contel O, Russell CT, Strangeway RJ, Lindqvist PA, Ergun RE, Torbert RB, Burch JL. Direct observations of energy transfer from resonant electrons to whistler-mode waves in magnetosheath of Earth. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6259. [PMID: 36307443 PMCID: PMC9616889 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33604-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Electromagnetic whistler-mode waves in space plasmas play critical roles in collisionless energy transfer between the electrons and the electromagnetic field. Although resonant interactions have been considered as the likely generation process of the waves, observational identification has been extremely difficult due to the short time scale of resonant electron dynamics. Here we show strong nongyrotropy, which rotate with the wave, of cyclotron resonant electrons as direct evidence for the locally ongoing secular energy transfer from the resonant electrons to the whistler-mode waves using ultra-high temporal resolution data obtained by NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission in the magnetosheath. The nongyrotropic electrons carry a resonant current, which is the energy source of the wave as predicted by the nonlinear wave growth theory. This result proves the nonlinear wave growth theory, and furthermore demonstrates that the degree of nongyrotropy, which cannot be predicted even by that nonlinear theory, can be studied by observations. Excitation of whistler-mode waves by cyclotron instability is considered as the likely generation process of the waves. Here, the authors show direct observational evidence for locally ongoing secular energy transfer from the resonant electrons to the whistler-mode waves in Earth’s magnetosheath.
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Affiliation(s)
- N Kitamura
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. .,Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.,Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Geophysics, Graduate school of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Geophysics, Graduate school of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.,Aurora Engineering, Potomac, MD, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.,a.i. solutions Inc, Lanham, MD, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.,Aurora Engineering, Potomac, MD, USA
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, CNRS/Sorbonne Université/Université Paris-Saclay/Observatoire de Paris/Ecole Polytechnique Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA.,Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Petrinec SM, Burch JL, Chandler M, Farrugia CJ, Fuselier SA, Giles BL, Gomez RG, Mukherjee J, Paterson WR, Russell CT, Sibeck DG, Strangeway RJ, Torbert RB, Trattner KJ, Vines SK, Zhao C. Characteristics of Minor Ions and Electrons in Flux Transfer Events Observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission. J Geophys Res Space Phys 2020; 125:e2020JA027778. [PMID: 32999806 PMCID: PMC7507212 DOI: 10.1029/2020ja027778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
In this study, the ion composition of flux transfer events (FTEs) observed within the magnetosheath proper is examined. These FTEs were observed just upstream of the Earth's postnoon magnetopause by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft constellation. The minor ion characteristics are described using energy spectrograms, flux distributions, and ion moments as the constellation encountered each FTE. In conjunction with electron data and magnetic field observations, such observations provide important contextual information on the formation, topologies, and evolution of FTEs. In particular, minor ions, when combined with the field-aligned streaming of electrons, are reliable indicators of FTE topology. The observations are also placed (i) in context of the solar wind magnetic field configuration, (ii) the connection of the sampled flux tube to the ionosphere, and (iii) the location relative to the modeled reconnection line at the magnetopause. While protons and alpha particles were often depleted within the FTEs relative to the surrounding magnetosheath plasma, the He+ and O+ populations showed clear enhancements either near the center or near the edges of the FTE, and the bulk plasma flow directions are consistent with magnetic reconnection northward of the spacecraft and convection from the dayside toward the flank magnetopause.
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Affiliation(s)
- S. M. Petrinec
- Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology CenterPalo AltoCAUSA
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- Southwest Research InstituteSan AntonioTXUSA
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- NASA Marshall Space Flight CenterHuntsvilleALUSA
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- Space Science CenterUniversity of New HampshireDurhamNHUSA
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- Southwest Research InstituteSan AntonioTXUSA
- Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Texas at San AntonioSan AntonioTXUSA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
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- Southwest Research InstituteSan AntonioTXUSA
- Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Texas at San AntonioSan AntonioTXUSA
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- Earth and Space SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCAUSA
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- Earth and Space SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCAUSA
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- Space Science CenterUniversity of New HampshireDurhamNHUSA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space PhysicsUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderCOUSA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryLaurelMDUSA
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- Earth and Space SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCAUSA
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Hwang K, Dokgo K, Choi E, Burch JL, Sibeck DG, Giles BL, Hasegawa H, Fu HS, Liu Y, Wang Z, Nakamura TKM, Ma X, Fear RC, Khotyaintsev Y, Graham DB, Shi QQ, Escoubet CP, Gershman DJ, Paterson WR, Pollock CJ, Ergun RE, Torbert RB, Dorelli JC, Avanov L, Russell CT, Strangeway RJ. Magnetic Reconnection Inside a Flux Rope Induced by Kelvin-Helmholtz Vortices. J Geophys Res Space Phys 2020; 125:e2019JA027665. [PMID: 32714734 PMCID: PMC7375157 DOI: 10.1029/2019ja027665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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On 5 May 2017, MMS observed a crater-type flux rope on the dawnside tailward magnetopause with fluctuations. The boundary-normal analysis shows that the fluctuations can be attributed to nonlinear Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) waves. Reconnection signatures such as flow reversals and Joule dissipation were identified at the leading and trailing edges of the flux rope. In particular, strong northward electron jets observed at the trailing edge indicated midlatitude reconnection associated with the 3-D structure of the KH vortex. The scale size of the flux rope, together with reconnection signatures, strongly supports the interpretation that the flux rope was generated locally by KH vortex-induced reconnection. The center of the flux rope also displayed signatures of guide-field reconnection (out-of-plane electron jets, parallel electron heating, and Joule dissipation). These signatures indicate that an interface between two interlinked flux tubes was undergoing interaction, causing a local magnetic depression, resulting in an M-shaped crater flux rope, as supported by reconstruction.
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- K.‐J. Hwang
- Southwest Research InstituteSan AntonioTXUSA
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- Southwest Research InstituteSan AntonioTXUSA
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- Southwest Research InstituteSan AntonioTXUSA
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- Southwest Research InstituteSan AntonioTXUSA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical ScienceJapan Aerospace Exploration AgencySagamiharaJapan
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- School of Science and EnvironmentBeihang UniversityBeijingChina
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- School of Science and EnvironmentBeihang UniversityBeijingChina
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- School of Science and EnvironmentBeihang UniversityBeijingChina
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- Physical Sciences DepartmentEmbry‐Riddle Aeronautical UniversityDaytona BeachFLUSA
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- School of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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- School of Earth and Space SciencesPeking UniversityPekingChina
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- European Space Research and Technology CentreNoordwijkthe Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space PhysicsUniversity of Colorado at BoulderBoulderCOUSA
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- Space Science CenterUniversity of New HampshireDurhamNHUSA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
- The Goddard Planetary Heliophysics InstituteUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore CountyBaltimoreMDUSA
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary PhysicsUniversity of California, Los AngelesLos AngelesCAUSA
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary PhysicsUniversity of California, Los AngelesLos AngelesCAUSA
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Amano T, Katou T, Kitamura N, Oka M, Matsumoto Y, Hoshino M, Saito Y, Yokota S, Giles BL, Paterson WR, Russell CT, Le Contel O, Ergun RE, Lindqvist PA, Turner DL, Fennell JF, Blake JB. Observational Evidence for Stochastic Shock Drift Acceleration of Electrons at the Earth's Bow Shock. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:065101. [PMID: 32109113 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.065101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
The first-order Fermi acceleration of electrons requires an injection of electrons into a mildly relativistic energy range. However, the mechanism of injection has remained a puzzle both in theory and observation. We present direct evidence for a novel stochastic shock drift acceleration theory for the injection obtained with Magnetospheric Multiscale observations at the Earth's bow shock. The theoretical model can explain electron acceleration to mildly relativistic energies at high-speed astrophysical shocks, which may provide a solution to the long-standing issue of electron injection.
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- T Amano
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique/Sorbonne Université/Univ. Paris-Sud/Obs. de Paris, Paris F-75252, France
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 11428, Sweden
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- Space Sciences Department, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California 90245, USA
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- Space Sciences Department, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California 90245, USA
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- Space Sciences Department, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California 90245, USA
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Hwang K, Choi E, Dokgo K, Burch JL, Sibeck DG, Giles BL, Goldstein ML, Paterson WR, Pollock CJ, Shi QQ, Fu H, Hasegawa H, Gershman DJ, Khotyaintsev Y, Torbert RB, Ergun RE, Dorelli JC, Avanov L, Russell CT, Strangeway RJ. Electron Vorticity Indicative of the Electron Diffusion Region of Magnetic Reconnection. Geophys Res Lett 2019; 46:6287-6296. [PMID: 31598018 PMCID: PMC6774273 DOI: 10.1029/2019gl082710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Revised: 05/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
While vorticity defined as the curl of the velocity has been broadly used in fluid and plasma physics, this quantity has been underutilized in space physics due to low time resolution observations. We report Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) observations of enhanced electron vorticity in the vicinity of the electron diffusion region of magnetic reconnection. On 11 July 2017 MMS traversed the magnetotail current sheet, observing tailward-to-earthward outflow reversal, current-carrying electron jets in the direction along the electron meandering motion or out-of-plane direction, agyrotropic electron distribution functions, and dissipative signatures. At the edge of the electron jets, the electron vorticity increased with magnitudes greater than the electron gyrofrequency. The out-of-plane velocity shear along distance from the current sheet leads to the enhanced vorticity. This, in turn, contributes to the magnetic field perturbations observed by MMS. These observations indicate that electron vorticity can act as a proxy for delineating the electron diffusion region of magnetic reconnection.
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- K.‐J. Hwang
- Southwest Research InstituteSan AntonioTXUSA
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- Southwest Research InstituteSan AntonioTXUSA
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- Southwest Research InstituteSan AntonioTXUSA
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- Southwest Research InstituteSan AntonioTXUSA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
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- The Goddard Planetary Heliophysics InstituteUniversity of MarylandBaltimoreMDUSA
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- School of Earth and Space SciencesPeking UniversityPekingChina
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- School of Science and EnvironmentBeihang UniversityBeijingChina
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical ScienceJapan Aerospace Exploration AgencySagamiharaJapan
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- Space Science CenterUniversity of New HampshireDurhamNHUSA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space PhysicsUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderCOUSA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
- The Goddard Planetary Heliophysics InstituteUniversity of MarylandBaltimoreMDUSA
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary PhysicsUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCAUSA
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary PhysicsUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCAUSA
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Torbert RB, Burch JL, Phan TD, Hesse M, Argall MR, Shuster J, Ergun RE, Alm L, Nakamura R, Genestreti KJ, Gershman DJ, Paterson WR, Turner DL, Cohen I, Giles BL, Pollock CJ, Wang S, Chen LJ, Stawarz JE, Eastwood JP, Hwang KJ, Farrugia C, Dors I, Vaith H, Mouikis C, Ardakani A, Mauk BH, Fuselier SA, Russell CT, Strangeway RJ, Moore TE, Drake JF, Shay MA, Khotyaintsev YV, Lindqvist PA, Baumjohann W, Wilder FD, Ahmadi N, Dorelli JC, Avanov LA, Oka M, Baker DN, Fennell JF, Blake JB, Jaynes AN, Le Contel O, Petrinec SM, Lavraud B, Saito Y. Electron-scale dynamics of the diffusion region during symmetric magnetic reconnection in space. Science 2018; 362:1391-1395. [PMID: 30442767 DOI: 10.1126/science.aat2998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
Magnetic reconnection is an energy conversion process that occurs in many astrophysical contexts including Earth's magnetosphere, where the process can be investigated in situ by spacecraft. On 11 July 2017, the four Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft encountered a reconnection site in Earth's magnetotail, where reconnection involves symmetric inflow conditions. The electron-scale plasma measurements revealed (i) super-Alfvénic electron jets reaching 15,000 kilometers per second; (ii) electron meandering motion and acceleration by the electric field, producing multiple crescent-shaped structures in the velocity distributions; and (iii) the spatial dimensions of the electron diffusion region with an aspect ratio of 0.1 to 0.2, consistent with fast reconnection. The well-structured multiple layers of electron populations indicate that the dominant electron dynamics are mostly laminar, despite the presence of turbulence near the reconnection site.
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- R B Torbert
- University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA. .,Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), San Antonio, TX, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), San Antonio, TX, USA.,University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- University of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.,University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), San Antonio, TX, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), San Antonio, TX, USA.,University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria
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- University of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, USA
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- University of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- University of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, USA
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique/Sorbonne Université/Univ. Paris Sud/Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France
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- Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, CNRS, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Institute for Space and Astronautical Sciences, Sagamihara, Japan
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Kitamura N, Kitahara M, Shoji M, Miyoshi Y, Hasegawa H, Nakamura S, Katoh Y, Saito Y, Yokota S, Gershman DJ, Vinas AF, Giles BL, Moore TE, Paterson WR, Pollock CJ, Russell CT, Strangeway RJ, Fuselier SA, Burch JL. Direct measurements of two-way wave-particle energy transfer in a collisionless space plasma. Science 2018; 361:1000-1003. [PMID: 30190400 DOI: 10.1126/science.aap8730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
Particle acceleration by plasma waves and spontaneous wave generation are fundamental energy and momentum exchange processes in collisionless plasmas. Such wave-particle interactions occur ubiquitously in space. We present ultrafast measurements in Earth's magnetosphere by the Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft that enabled quantitative evaluation of energy transfer in interactions associated with electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves. The observed ion distributions are not symmetric around the magnetic field direction but are in phase with the plasma wave fields. The wave-ion phase relations demonstrate that a cyclotron resonance transferred energy from hot protons to waves, which in turn nonresonantly accelerated cold He+ to energies up to ~2 kilo-electron volts. These observations provide direct quantitative evidence for collisionless energy transfer in plasmas between distinct particle populations via wave-particle interactions.
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- N Kitamura
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan. .,Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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- Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.,Department of Physics, American University, Washington, DC, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA.,University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Rager AC, Dorelli JC, Gershman DJ, Uritsky V, Avanov LA, Torbert RB, Burch JL, Ergun RE, Egedal J, Schiff C, Shuster JR, Giles BL, Paterson WR, Pollock CJ, Strangeway RJ, Russell CT, Lavraud B, Coffey VN, Saito Y. Electron Crescent Distributions as a Manifestation of Diamagnetic Drift in an Electron-Scale Current Sheet: Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations Using New 7.5 ms Fast Plasma Investigation Moments. Geophys Res Lett 2018; 45:578-584. [PMID: 29576666 PMCID: PMC5856066 DOI: 10.1002/2017gl076260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Revised: 12/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We report Magnetospheric Multiscale observations of electron pressure gradient electric fields near a magnetic reconnection diffusion region using a new technique for extracting 7.5 ms electron moments from the Fast Plasma Investigation. We find that the deviation of the perpendicular electron bulk velocity from E × B drift in the interval where the out-of-plane current density is increasing can be explained by the diamagnetic drift. In the interval where the out-of-plane current is transitioning to in-plane current, the electron momentum equation is not satisfied at 7.5 ms resolution.
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- A. C. Rager
- Department of PhysicsCatholic University of AmericaWashingtonDCUSA
- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
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- Department of PhysicsCatholic University of AmericaWashingtonDCUSA
- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
- Department of AstronomyUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkMDUSA
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- Department of PhysicsUniversity of New HampshireDurhamNHUSA
- Southwest Research InstituteSan AntonioTXUSA
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- Southwest Research InstituteSan AntonioTXUSA
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- Astrophysical and Planetary SciencesUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderCOUSA
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- Department of PhysicsUniversity of WisconsinMadisonWIUSA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
- Department of AstronomyUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkMDUSA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbeltMDUSA
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- Earth, Planetary, and Space SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCAUSA
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- Earth, Planetary, and Space SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCAUSA
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- Research Institute in Astrophysics and PlanetologyToulouseFrance
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- NASA Marshall Space Flight CenterHuntsvilleALUSA
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- Institute for Space and Astronautical ScienceSagamiharaJapan
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Zhou M, Berchem J, Walker RJ, El-Alaoui M, Deng X, Cazzola E, Lapenta G, Goldstein ML, Paterson WR, Pang Y, Ergun RE, Lavraud B, Liang H, Russell CT, Strangeway RJ, Zhao C, Giles BL, Pollock CJ, Lindqvist PA, Marklund G, Wilder FD, Khotyaintsev YV, Torbert RB, Burch JL. Coalescence of Macroscopic Flux Ropes at the Subsolar Magnetopause: Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 119:055101. [PMID: 28949734 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.055101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We report unambiguous in situ observation of the coalescence of macroscopic flux ropes by the magnetospheric multiscale (MMS) mission. Two coalescing flux ropes with sizes of ∼1 R_{E} were identified at the subsolar magnetopause by the occurrence of an asymmetric quadrupolar signature in the normal component of the magnetic field measured by the MMS spacecraft. An electron diffusion region (EDR) with a width of four local electron inertial lengths was embedded within the merging current sheet. The EDR was characterized by an intense parallel electric field, significant energy dissipation, and suprathermal electrons. Although the electrons were organized by a large guide field, the small observed electron pressure nongyrotropy may be sufficient to support a significant fraction of the parallel electric field within the EDR. Since the flux ropes are observed in the exhaust region, we suggest that secondary EDRs are formed further downstream of the primary reconnection line between the magnetosheath and magnetospheric fields.
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- M Zhou
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles 90095, California, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles 90095, California, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles 90095, California, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles 90095, California, USA
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- Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Centre for Plasma Astrophysics, Department of Mathematics, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven 3001, Belgium
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- Centre for Plasma Astrophysics, Department of Mathematics, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven 3001, Belgium
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- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt 20771, Maryland, USA
- Space Science Institute, Boulder 80301, Colorado, USA
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- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt 20771, Maryland, USA
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- Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- University of Colorado LASP, Boulder 80303, Colorado, USA
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- Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES, Toulouse 31028, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles 90095, California, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles 90095, California, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles 90095, California, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles 90095, California, USA
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- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt 20771, Maryland, USA
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- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt 20771, Maryland, USA
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- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm SE-11428, Sweden
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- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm SE-11428, Sweden
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- University of Colorado LASP, Boulder 80303, Colorado, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio Texas 78238, USA
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Graham DB, Khotyaintsev YV, Vaivads A, Norgren C, André M, Webster JM, Burch JL, Lindqvist PA, Ergun RE, Torbert RB, Paterson WR, Gershman DJ, Giles BL, Magnes W, Russell CT. Instability of Agyrotropic Electron Beams near the Electron Diffusion Region. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 119:025101. [PMID: 28753352 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.025101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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During a magnetopause crossing the Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft encountered an electron diffusion region (EDR) of asymmetric reconnection. The EDR is characterized by agyrotropic beam and crescent electron distributions perpendicular to the magnetic field. Intense upper-hybrid (UH) waves are found at the boundary between the EDR and magnetosheath inflow region. The UH waves are generated by the agyrotropic electron beams. The UH waves are sufficiently large to contribute to electron diffusion and scattering, and are a potential source of radio emission near the EDR. These results provide observational evidence of wave-particle interactions at an EDR, and suggest that waves play an important role in determining the electron dynamics.
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- D B Graham
- Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala SE-75121, Sweden
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- Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala SE-75121, Sweden
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- Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala SE-75121, Sweden
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala SE-75121, Sweden
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- Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala SE-75121, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas 78238, USA
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- Space and Plasma Physics, School of Electrical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm SE-11428, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA
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- Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
- Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz 8042, Austria
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- Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Russell CT, Strangeway RJ, Zhao C, Anderson BJ, Baumjohann W, Bromund KR, Fischer D, Kepko L, Le G, Magnes W, Nakamura R, Plaschke F, Slavin JA, Torbert RB, Moore TE, Paterson WR, Pollock CJ, Burch JL. Structure, force balance, and topology of Earth's magnetopause. Science 2017; 356:960-963. [PMID: 28572393 DOI: 10.1126/science.aag3112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Revised: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The magnetopause deflects the solar wind plasma and confines Earth's magnetic field. We combine measurements made by the four spacecraft of the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission to demonstrate how the plasma and magnetic forces at the boundary affect the interaction between the shocked solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere. We compare these forces with the plasma pressure and examine the electron distribution function. We find that the magnetopause has sublayers with thickness comparable to the ion scale. Small pockets of low magnetic field strength, small radius of curvature, and high electric current mark the electron diffusion region. The flow of electrons, parallel and antiparallel to the magnetic field, reveals a complex topology with the creation of magnetic ropes at the boundary.
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- C T Russell
- Earth Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- Earth Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Earth Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723-6099, USA
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstr. 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstr. 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.,University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstr. 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstr. 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstr. 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- Earth Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78228-0510, USA
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Johlander A, Schwartz SJ, Vaivads A, Khotyaintsev YV, Gingell I, Peng IB, Markidis S, Lindqvist PA, Ergun RE, Marklund GT, Plaschke F, Magnes W, Strangeway RJ, Russell CT, Wei H, Torbert RB, Paterson WR, Gershman DJ, Dorelli JC, Avanov LA, Lavraud B, Saito Y, Giles BL, Pollock CJ, Burch JL. Rippled Quasiperpendicular Shock Observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale Spacecraft. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:165101. [PMID: 27792387 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.165101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Collisionless shock nonstationarity arising from microscale physics influences shock structure and particle acceleration mechanisms. Nonstationarity has been difficult to quantify due to the small spatial and temporal scales. We use the closely spaced (subgyroscale), high-time-resolution measurements from one rapid crossing of Earth's quasiperpendicular bow shock by the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft to compare competing nonstationarity processes. Using MMS's high-cadence kinetic plasma measurements, we show that the shock exhibits nonstationarity in the form of ripples.
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- A Johlander
- Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala 75121, Sweden
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75120, Sweden
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
- Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA
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- Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala 75121, Sweden
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 11428, Sweden
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 11428, Sweden
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 11428, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 11428, Sweden
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz 8042, Austria
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz 8042, Austria
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse 31028, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 5277, Toulouse 31400, France
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA, Sagamihara 2525210, Japan
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas 78238, USA
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Coletti F, Ishiyama EM, Paterson WR, Wilson DI, Macchietto S. Impact of deposit aging and surface roughness on thermal fouling: Distributed model. AIChE J 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.12221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chew JYM, Paterson WR, Wilson DI, Höufling V, Augustin W. A Method for Measuring the Strength of Scale Deposits on Heat Transfer Surfaces. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/apj.5500130103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Joy SP, Kivelson MG, Walker RJ, Khurana KK, Russell CT, Paterson WR. Mirror mode structures in the Jovian magnetosheath. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1029/2006ja011985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chew JYM, Paterson WR, Wilson DI, Höfling V, Augustin W. Dynamische Messung der Dicke und der mechanischen Eigenschaften von weichen Ablagerungen. CHEM-ING-TECH 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.200403373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Frank LA, Paterson WR. Galileo observations of electron beams and thermal ions in Jupiter's magnetosphere and their relationship to the auroras. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1029/2001ja009150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- L. A. Frank
- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Iowa; Iowa City Iowa USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Iowa; Iowa City Iowa USA
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Frank LA, Paterson WR, Sigwarth JB, Mukai T. Observations of plasma sheet dynamics earthward of the onset region with the Geotail spacecraft. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Frank LA, Sigwarth JB, Paterson WR, Kokubun S. Two encounters of the substorm onset region with the Geotail spacecraft. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1029/2000ja003040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Raeder J, McPherron RL, Frank LA, Kokubun S, Lu G, Mukai T, Paterson WR, Sigwarth JB, Singer HJ, Slavin JA. Global simulation of the Geospace Environment Modeling substorm challenge event. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Tuladhar TR, Paterson WR, Macleod N, Wilson DI. Development of a novel non-contact proximity gauge for thickness measurement of soft deposits and its application in fouling studies. CAN J CHEM ENG 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450780511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Frank LA, Paterson WR, Sigwarth JB, Kokubun S. Observations of magnetic field dipolarization during auroral substorm onset. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Paterson WR, Frank LA, Kokubun S, Yamamoto T. Reply [to “Comment on “Geotail survey of ion flow in the plasma sheet: Observations between 10 and 50 RE” by W. R. Paterson et al.”]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Crary FJ, Bagenal F, Frank LA, Paterson WR. Galileo plasma spectrometer measurements of composition and temperature in the Io plasma torus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1029/1998ja900003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Eastman TE, Christon SP, Doke T, Frank LA, Gloeckler G, Kojima H, Kokubun S, Lui ATY, Matsumoto H, McEntire RW, Mukai T, Paterson WR, Roelof EC, Saito Y, Tsuruda K, Williams DJ, Yamamoto T. Magnetospheric plasma regimes identified using Geotail measurements: 1. Regime identification and distant tail variability. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1029/98ja01915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hounslow MJ, Bramley AS, Paterson WR. Aggregation During Precipitation from Solution. A Pore Diffusion-Reaction Model for Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate. J Colloid Interface Sci 1998; 203:383-91. [PMID: 9705777 DOI: 10.1006/jcis.1998.5501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have studied the precipitation of calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) from supersaturated saline solutions both as an in vitro model of the formation of human kidney stones and more generally as a model of particle-size enlargement during precipitation from solution. In any precipitation system there are two mechanisms for size enlargement: growth, by which is meant the deposition of ionic or molecular species on crystal surfaces, and aggregation, the process by which crystals collide, adhere to each other, and form new, stable particles. In this paper we report batch precipitation experiments conducted at constant initial supersaturation and varying ratios of calcium to oxalate ions. By comparison with a simple diffusion-reaction model we are able to draw substantial inferences on the processes that control aggregation. We conclude that at constant temperature and agitation, the aggregation rate constant depends only on the cementing rate, which in turn depends on the solution composition and an appropriately formulated Thiele modulus only. Thus, for the first time, it is possible to propose and evaluate a physico-chemical model for the kinetics of aggregation during precipitation from solution. Copyright 1998 Academic Press.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3RA, UK
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Paterson WR, Frank LA, Kokubun S, Yamamoto T. Geotail survey of ion flow in the plasma sheet: Observations between 10 and 50RE. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1029/97ja02881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Plasma measurements made during the flyby of Io on 7 December 1995 with the Galileo spacecraft plasma analyzers reveal that the spacecraft unexpectedly passed directly through the ionosphere of Io. The ionosphere is identified by a dense plasma that is at rest with respect to Io. This plasma is cool relative to those encountered outside the ionosphere. The composition of the ionospheric plasmas includes O++, O+ and S++, S+, and SO2+ ions. The plasma conditions at Io appear to account for the decrease in the magnetic field, without the need to assume that Io has a magnetized interior.
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- L A Frank
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Fairfield DH, Lepping RP, Frank LA, Ackerson KL, Paterson WR, Kokubun S, Yamamoto T, Tsuruda K, Nakamura M. Geotail Observations of an Unusual Magnetotail under Very Northward IMF Conditions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.5636/jgg.48.473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kokubun S, Frank LA, Hayashi K, Kamide Y, Lepping RP, Mukai T, Nakamura R, Paterson WR, Yamamoto T, Yumoto K. Large Field Events in the Distant Magnetotail During Magnetic Storms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.5636/jgg.48.561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Plasma measurements were obtained with the Galileo spacecraft during an approximately 3.5-hour interval in the vicinity of Venus on 10 February 1990. Several crossings of the bow shock in the local dawn sector were recorded before the spacecraft passed into the solar wind upstream from this planet. Although observations of ions of the solar wind and the postshock magnetosheath plasmas were not possible owing to the presence of a sunshade for thermal protection of the instrument, solar wind densities and bulk speeds were determined from the electron velocity distributions. A magnetic field-aligned distribution of hotter electrons or ;;strahl'' was also found in the solar wind. Ions streaming into the solar wind from the bow shock were detected. Electron heating at the bow shock, </=20%, was notably small, with substantial density increases by factors of 2 to 3 at the day side of the shock that decrease for shock crossings further downstream from the planet. A search for pickup ions from the hot hydrogen and oxygen planetary coronas yielded an upper limit for these densities in the range of 10(-3) ion per cubic centimeter, which is consistent with densities expected from current models of neutral gas densities.
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Rice RG, Lai CC, Tan CS, Bryson JR, Paterson WR. Letters to the editor. AIChE J 1991. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.690370821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A technique for determining the amount of thermally denatured, insoluble protein is described. The assay has been validated using four globular proteins, bovine serum albumin, beta-lactoglobulin, lysozyme, and ovalbumin. It consists of a resolubilization protocol, using 8 M urea and 5% 2-mercaptoethanol, linked to the Bradford dye binding assay. The resolubilization protocol was carried out at 100 degrees C to enable complete recovery of all insoluble proteins. Beta-Lactoglobulin resolubilization was completed after heating for 1 min, whereas samples of bovine serum albumin, lysozyme, and ovalbumin required heating for 1.5 min. The assay can measure protein concentrations as small as 10 micrograms, typically with standard deviations of 3%, thus comparing favorably with the standard Bradford assay. Other types of denaturation, such as chemical denaturation causing subsequent insolubility, may be studied with this technique providing that there is no interference with the Bradford assay.
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Affiliation(s)
- S M Gotham
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge University, England
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Paterson WR. On the Andrecovich and Westerberg box display. AIChE J 1988. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.690340119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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