Detailed examination of a plasmoid in the distant magnetotail with ISEE 3

E. W. Hones; J. Birn; D. N. Baker; S. J. Bame; W. C. Feldman; D. J. McComas; R. D. Zwickl; J. A. Slavin; E. J. Smith; B. T. Tsurutani

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Detailed examination of a plasmoid in the distant magnetotail with ISEE 3

E. W. Hones, J. Birn, D. N. Baker, S. J. Bame, W. C. Feldman, D. J. McComas, R. D. Zwickl, J. A. Slavin, E. J. Smith, B. T. Tsurutani

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A detailed description of a plasmoid is presented based on plasma electron data, energetic particle data, and magnetic field data from ISEE 3. The plasmoid, 75‐150 R_E long, traveling tailward at 500‐1000 km/sec, appeared at ISEE 3, ∼220 R_E down‐tail, 27 minutes after a very strong intensification of the auroral electrojet was recorded at several ground stations. The plasmoid was overlaid by a "separatrix layer" within which energetic particles, probably originating at a near‐earth reconnection region, streamed freely tailward along the field lines, the slower particles being encountered deeper within the layer. The plasmoid contained plasma of uniformly high temperature and its boundary was ≲ 1 R_E thick.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1046-1049
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	11
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/GL011i010p01046
State	Published - Oct 1984

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