Magnetopause transects

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15 December 1996

journal article
Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters

Vol. 23 (25) , 3679-3682
https://doi.org/10.1029/96gl03573

Abstract

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Keywords

ALTHOUGH THE EXISTENCE OF AN HT FRAME IS AN OVERLY RESTRICTIVE REQUIREMENT: IT SUFFICES THAT THE ELECTRIC FIELD COMPONENT IN THE INVARIANT DIRECTION VANISHES IN THE FRAME MOVING WITH THE STRUCTURE.
COMPONENT
B N
FOR NON-RECONNECTION EVENTS A SO-CALLED TANGENTIAL DISCONTINUITY TD IN WHICH NO DYNAMICALLY FRAME IN WHICH THE ENTIRE ELECTRIC FIELD VANISHES
IS LOCALLY NON-ZERO AND IN WHICH ASSOCIATED ALFV6NIC PLASMA FLOW ACROSS THE MAGNETOPAUSE AND JETTING ALONG IT OCCURS

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