Publication Date:
2017-08-04
Description:
Author(s): M. Zhou, J. Berchem, R. J. Walker, M. El-Alaoui, X. Deng, E. Cazzola, G. Lapenta, M. L. Goldstein, W. R. Paterson, Y. Pang, R. E. Ergun, B. Lavraud, H. Liang, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, C. Zhao, B. L. Giles, C. J. Pollock, P.-A. Lindqvist, G. Marklund, F. D. Wilder, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, R. B. Torbert, and J. L. Burch 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 co... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 055101] Published Wed Aug 02, 2017
Keywords:
Plasma and Beam Physics
Print ISSN:
0031-9007
Electronic ISSN:
1079-7114
Topics:
Physics
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