Auroral evidence for multiple reconnection in the magnetospheric tail plasma sheet
- Abstract
We present auroral evidence for multiple and, most probably, small-scale reconnection in the near-Earth magnetospheric plasma sheet current layer during auroral activity. Hall currents as the source of upward and downward field-aligned currents require the generation of the corresponding electron fluxes. The auroral spatial ordering in a multiple sequence of these fluxes requires the assumption of the existence of several —and possibly— even many tailward reconnection sites.
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@article{id1370, author = {Treumann, R. A. and Jaroschek, C. H. and Pottelette, R.}, doi = {10.1209/0295-5075/85/49001}, journal = {Europhysics Letters}, language = {en}, note = {Letter, theoretical}, pages = {49001}, title = {Auroral evidence for multiple reconnection in the magnetospheric tail plasma sheet}, volume = {85}, year = {2009}, }
- EndNote
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%O Journal Article %A Treumann, R. A. %A Jaroschek, C. H. %A Pottelette, R. %R 10.1209/0295-5075/85/49001 %J Europhysics Letters %G en %O Letter, theoretical %P 49001 %T Auroral evidence for multiple reconnection in the magnetospheric tail plasma sheet %V 85 %D 2009