A new look at the pulsed reconnection model of the dayside magnetopause
Abstract
Electron and ion precipitation data from two co-orbiting Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft (F6 and F8) are used to investigate the model of pulsed magnetopause reconnection. We suggest that the two energy dispersions observed can be explained by two separate injections resulting from two bursts of magnetopause reconnection. However, an observed overlap between the two ion dispersions cannot be explained with the conventional model of bursty magnetopause reconnection. We propose a generalization of the pulsed reconnection model that involves elements of both the bursty single x-line and multiple x-line reconnection models. In the framework of this unified model, the observed electron features can be explained in terms of the “fossil” flux transfer event picture.
Department
Physics
Publication Date
11-30-2002
Journal Title
Advances in Space Research
Publisher
Elsevier
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1016/S0273-1177(02)80250-2
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Boudouridis, Athanasios; Spence, Harlan E.; and Onsager, T. G., "A new look at the pulsed reconnection model of the dayside magnetopause" (2002). Advances in Space Research. 238.
https://scholars.unh.edu/physics_facpub/238
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