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Title: Large amplitude perturbations and waves at the duskside LLBL of the magnetopause generated by an interplanetary tangential discontinuity on December 7, 2000

Abstract

On December 7, 2000 a joint current sheeth and vorticity layer hit the magnetopause (MP) generating large amplitude oscillations, and wave-like perturbations observed by CLUSTER at the near dusk flank. Linear stability theory and MHD numerical simulations support the hypothesis that the waves were due to the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability. The simulation brings in light novel dynamic properties of the boundary layer under the KH excitation.

Authors:
; ;  [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Instituto de Fisica del Plasma, CONICET-UBA (Argentina)
  2. Space Research Center, Univ. New Hampshire, NH (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20898818
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 875; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: 16. IAEA technical meeting on research using small fusion devices; 11. Latin American workshop on plasma physics, Mexico City (Mexico), 30 Nov - 3 Dec 2005; 5-9 Dec 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2405953; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOPAUSE; PLASMA; PLASMA WAVES

Citation Formats

Gratton, F T, Bilbao, L, Gnavi, G, Farrugia, C J, and Lund, E. Large amplitude perturbations and waves at the duskside LLBL of the magnetopause generated by an interplanetary tangential discontinuity on December 7, 2000. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1063/1.2405953.
Gratton, F T, Bilbao, L, Gnavi, G, Farrugia, C J, & Lund, E. Large amplitude perturbations and waves at the duskside LLBL of the magnetopause generated by an interplanetary tangential discontinuity on December 7, 2000. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2405953
Gratton, F T, Bilbao, L, Gnavi, G, Farrugia, C J, and Lund, E. 2006. "Large amplitude perturbations and waves at the duskside LLBL of the magnetopause generated by an interplanetary tangential discontinuity on December 7, 2000". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2405953.
@article{osti_20898818,
title = {Large amplitude perturbations and waves at the duskside LLBL of the magnetopause generated by an interplanetary tangential discontinuity on December 7, 2000},
author = {Gratton, F T and Bilbao, L and Gnavi, G and Farrugia, C J and Lund, E},
abstractNote = {On December 7, 2000 a joint current sheeth and vorticity layer hit the magnetopause (MP) generating large amplitude oscillations, and wave-like perturbations observed by CLUSTER at the near dusk flank. Linear stability theory and MHD numerical simulations support the hypothesis that the waves were due to the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability. The simulation brings in light novel dynamic properties of the boundary layer under the KH excitation.},
doi = {10.1063/1.2405953},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20898818}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 875,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 04 00:00:00 EST 2006},
month = {Mon Dec 04 00:00:00 EST 2006}
}