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Plasma Transport At The Magnetospheric Boundary Due To Reconnection In Kelvin-Helmholtz Vortices, K. Nykyri, A. Otto
Plasma Transport At The Magnetospheric Boundary Due To Reconnection In Kelvin-Helmholtz Vortices, K. Nykyri, A. Otto
Katariina Nykyri
The Kelvin-Helmholtz( KH) mode has long been considered for viscous interaction at the magnetospheric boundary but it is not expected to produce significant mass transport. The presented results indicate that the Kelvin- Helmholtz instability can indeed cause a transfer of mass into the magnetotail during times of northward IMF. The vortex motion of KH waves can generate a strongly twisted magnetic field with multiple current layers. Magnetic reconnection in the strong current layers inside the vortices can detach high density plasma filaments from the magnetosheath. This may explain observed high density and low temperature filaments in the magnetosphere and the …
A Statistical Study Into The Spatial Distribution And Dawn-Dusk Asymmetry Of Dayside Magnetosheath Ion Temperatures As A Function Of Upstream Solar Wind Conditions, A. P. Dimmock, K. Nykyri, H. Karimabadi, A. Osmane, T. I. Pulkkinen
A Statistical Study Into The Spatial Distribution And Dawn-Dusk Asymmetry Of Dayside Magnetosheath Ion Temperatures As A Function Of Upstream Solar Wind Conditions, A. P. Dimmock, K. Nykyri, H. Karimabadi, A. Osmane, T. I. Pulkkinen
Katariina Nykyri
The magnetosheath contains the shocked solar wind and behaves as a natural filter to the solar wind plasma before it reaches the magnetosphere. The redistribution of kinetic energy at the bow shock results in significant thermalization of the solar wind plasma, resulting in a magnetosheath temperature profile which is highly nonhomogeneous and nonisotropic and differs between the dawn and dusk flanks. The present study attempts to study the spatial distribution of magnetosheath ion temperature as a function of upstream solar wind conditions. We pay particular attention to the dawn/dusk asymmetry in which we attempt to quantify using experimental data collected …