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arXiv 2101.08604physics.space-ph
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短周期离子尺度电流片拍动的观测

Observations of Short-Period Ion-Scale Current Sheet Flapping

L. Richard, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, D. B. Graham, M. I. Sitnov, O. Le Contel, P. -A. Lindqvist

摘要:

在磁尾中经常观察到电流片的扭结状拍动。这种振荡的周期从几分钟到几秒,它们向等离子体片的侧面传播。在这里,我们报告了一个短周期($T\approx25$ s)扑动事件的薄电流片观察到的磁层多尺度(MMS)航天器在黄昏侧等离子体片快速向地球的等离子体流。我们使用多航天器的时空导数和定时方法的扑动结构的特征,我们发现,波浪状的结构是沿平均电流方向传播的相速度相当于离子的速度。我们表明,振荡电流片的波长与其厚度的比例,如预期的漂移扭结模式。离子体运动与电子体运动的解耦表明电流片是薄的。我们讨论了与密度梯度相关的低杂波的存在,作为薄电流片的加宽过程。

英文摘要:

Kink-like flapping motions of current sheets are commonly observed in the magnetotail. Such oscillations have periods of a few minutes down to a few seconds and they propagate toward the flanks of the plasma sheet. Here, we report a short-period ($T\approx25$ s) flapping event of a thin current sheet observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft in the dusk-side plasma sheet following a fast Earthward plasma flow. We characterize the flapping structure using the multi-spacecraft spatiotemporal derivative and timing methods, and we find that the wave-like structure is propagating along the average current direction with a phase velocity comparable to the ion velocity. We show that the wavelength of the oscillating current sheet scales with its thickness as expected for a drift-kink mode. The decoupling of the ion bulk motion from the electron bulk motion suggests that the current sheet is thin. We discuss the presence of the lower hybrid waves associated with gradients of density as a broadening process of the thin current sheet.

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