Magnetic Reconnection Inside a Flux Transfer Event-Like Structure in Magnetopause Kelvin-Helmholtz Waves

被引：13

作者：

Kieokaew, R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Lavraud, B. ^{[1
]}

Foullon, C. ^{[2
]}

Toledo-Redondo, S. ^{[1
]}

Fargette, N. ^{[1
]}

Hwang, K. -J. ^{[3
]}

Malakit, K. ^{[4
]}

Ruffolo, D. ^{[5
]}

Oieroset, M. ^{[6
]}

Phan, T. -D. ^{[6
]}

Hasegawa, H. ^{[7
]}

Fadanelli, S. ^{[1
,8
]}

Avanov, L. ^{[9
,10
]}

Burch, J. ^{[3
]}

Gershman, D. J. ^{[9
,10
]}

Giles, B. ^{[9
]}

Dorelli, J. ^{[9
]}

Genot, V. ^{[1
]}

Jacquey, C. ^{[1
]}

Moore, T. ^{[9
]}

Paterson, W. ^{[9
]}

Pollock, C. ^{[9
]}

Rager, A. ^{[9
]}

Saito, Y. ^{[7
]}

Sauvaud, J. -A. ^{[7
]}

Schiff, C. ^{[1
]}

Vernisse, Y. ^{[9
]}

Penou, E. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UPS, CNRS, Inst Rech Astrophys & Planetol, CNES, Toulouse, France

[2] Univ Exeter, CGAFD, Math, CEMPS, Exeter, Devon, England

[3] Southwest Res Inst, San Antonio, TX USA

[4] Thammasat Univ, Fac Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, Pathum Thani, Thailand

[5] Mahidol Univ, Dept Phys, Fac Sci, Bangkok, Thailand

[6] Space Sci Lab, Berkeley, CA USA

[7] JAXA, Inst Space & Astronaut Sci, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

[8] Univ Pisa, Phys Dept, Pisa, Italy

[9] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD USA

[10] Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS | 2020年 / 125卷 / 06期

基金：

英国科学技术设施理事会;

关键词：

SOLAR-WIND; DAYSIDE MAGNETOPAUSE; CLUSTER OBSERVATIONS; MMS OBSERVATIONS; BOUNDARY-LAYER; FIELD; PLASMA; CURRENTS; ROPE; INSTABILITY;

D O I：

10.1029/2019JA027527

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

Magnetopause Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) waves are believed to mediate solar wind plasma transport via small-scale mechanisms. Vortex-induced reconnection (VIR) was predicted in simulations and recently observed using NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission data. Flux Transfer Events (FTEs) produced by VIR at multiple locations along the periphery of KH waves were also predicted in simulations, but detailed observations were still lacking. Here we report MMS observations of an FTE-type structure in a KH wave trailing edge during KH activity on 5 May 2017 on the dawnside flank magnetopause. The structure is characterized by (1) bipolar magnetic B-Y variation with enhanced core field (B-Z) and (2) enhanced total pressure with dominant magnetic pressure. The cross-section size of the FTE is found to be consistent with vortex-induced flux ropes predicted in the simulations. Unexpectedly, we observe an ion jet (V-Y); electron parallel heating, ion, and electron density enhancements; and other signatures that can be interpreted as a reconnection exhaust at the FTE central current sheet. Moreover, pitch angle distributions of suprathermal electrons on either side of the current sheet show different properties, indicating different magnetic connectivities. This FTE-type structure may thus alternatively be interpreted as two interlaced flux tubes with reconnection at the interface as reported by Kacem et al. (2018) and empty setieroset et al. (2019s). The structure may be the result of interaction between two flux tubes, likely produced by multiple VIR at the KH wave trailing edge, and constitutes a new class of phenomenon induced by KH waves.

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