Further analysis of plasma bursts in the earth's boundary layer at high latitudes

Journal Article · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Cosmic Res. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5874668

Omel'chenko, O M; Rassel, K T; Vaisberg, O L

This article shows that during times when no plasma mantle has developed, plasma bursts are observed in the tail of the magnetosphere. The plasma penetrates out of the transition region in the neighborhood of the magnetopause as a result of reconnection of magnetic lines of force in the interplanetary magnetic field with tail lines of earth's dipole. The analysis presented provides evidence in favor of nonstationary reconnection in plasma flow near the front part of the magnetospheric tail.

• OSTI ID: 5874668
• Journal Information: Cosmic Res. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 21:5; Other Information: Translated from Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 885-891, November-December, 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
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PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
MAGNETOTAIL
COSMIC ELECTRONS
COSMIC RADIATION
GEOS SATELLITES
INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC DIPOLES
PLASMA SHEET
PROGNOZ SATELLITES
RADIATION FLUX
RADIATION TRANSPORT
TIME RESOLUTION
DIPOLES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
EARTH MAGNETOSPHERE
ELECTRONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
LEPTONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MULTIPOLES
RADIATIONS
RESOLUTION
SATELLITES
TIMING PROPERTIES
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