Evidence for slow‐mode shocks in the deep geomagnetic tail
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- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters
- Vol. 11 (6) , 599-602
- https://doi.org/10.1029/gl011i006p00599
Abstract
Plasma and field data from the ISEE‐3 space probe provide evidence that the lobe‐plasma sheet boundary in the central part of the distant geomagnetic tail is often a slow‐mode shock. Such shocks are predicted by Petchek's model of reconnection. If this model applies, then the ISEE‐3 observations place the general location of the reconnection diffusion region closer to the earth than x ≈ −100 RE.Keywords
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