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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 40, 期 6, 页码 1032-1037出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50227
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- Swedish National Space Board
- Swedish Research Council [2007-4377, 2009-3902, 2009-4165]
- NASA GSFC [NNX11AB38G]
- NASA [149931, NNX11AB38G] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/H004130/1, ST/L001705/1, ST/G008493/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- UK Space Agency [ST/J004758/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- STFC [ST/H004130/1, ST/G008493/1] Funding Source: UKRI
We study in detail high-frequency (HF) plasma waves between the electron cyclotron and plasma frequencies within a reconnection diffusion region (DR) encountered by Cluster in the magnetotail using continuous electric field waveforms. We identify three wave types, all observed within the separatrix regions: Langmuir waves (LW), electrostatic solitary waves (ESWs), and electron cyclotron waves (ECWs). This is the first time the ECWs have been observed inside this region. Direct comparison between waveforms and electron distributions are made at the timescale of one energy sweep of the electron detector (125 ms). Based on the wave and electron distribution characteristics, we find that the separatrix region has a stratified spatial structure. The outer part of the region is dominated by LW emissions related to suprathermal electron beams propagating away from the X-line. Furthest in, nearest to the current sheet, we observe ESWs associated with counterstreaming electron populations. Studying HF waveforms allows for a precise mapping of kinetic boundaries in the reconnection region and helps to improve our understanding of the electron dynamics in the DR.
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