期刊
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 40, 期 14, 页码 3502-3506出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50714
关键词
magnetic reconnection; flux transfer events; magnetic field line topology; three dimensional
资金
- Chinese NSFC [41274167, 40731056, 40974095, 10975012]
- Chinese National Key Basic Research Science Foundation [2011CB811400]
- National Science Foundation [ATM-0639658, OCI-0749125]
- NASA [NNX10AL07G]
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/H004130/1, ST/L001705/1, ST/G008493/1, ST/K000977/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- UK Space Agency [ST/J004758/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- NASA [130301, NNX10AL07G] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
- STFC [ST/K000977/1, ST/H004130/1, ST/G008493/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Flux transfer events (FTEs) are magnetic flux ropes formed at planetary magnetopauses (MPs). Although evidence suggests that FTEs form through time-dependent magnetic reconnection, details of that process and 3D structure of the flux ropes remain largely unclear. This letter presents Double Star/TC-1 data of an FTE occurred on 7 April 2004 which show that the FTE was separated by two X-lines moving south-dawnward. In particular, the electron energy-pitch angle distribution implies that the FTE was composed of flux ropes of all four possible magnetic topologies, indicating that the field lines must have reconnected multiple times. This is an intrinsic property of FTEs formed by 3D multiple X-line reconnection distinguished from quasi 2D FTE models. This knowledge of FTE magnetic topologies helps to improve our understanding of solar wind- magnetosphere coupling at the MP.
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