Negative Potential Solitary Structures in the Magnetosheath With Large Parallel Width

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  • J. C. Holmes
    Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics Boulder CO USA
  • R. E. Ergun
    Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics Boulder CO USA
  • D. L. Newman
    Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics Boulder CO USA
  • Victoria Wilder
    Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics Boulder CO USA
  • A. P. Sturner
    Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics Boulder CO USA
  • K. A. Goodrich
    Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics Boulder CO USA
  • R. B. Torbert
    Department of Physics University of New Hampshire Durham NH USA
  • B. L. Giles
    Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences University of California Los Angeles CA USA
  • R. J. Strangeway
    Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences University of California Los Angeles CA USA
  • J. L. Burch
    Southwest Research Institute San Antonio TX USA

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公開日
2018-01
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  • http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor
DOI
  • 10.1002/2017ja024890
公開者
American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>We report multispacecraft observations by the Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) mission of large (80–155 <jats:italic>λ</jats:italic><jats:sub>De</jats:sub> parallel to <jats:bold>B</jats:bold>) electrostatic solitary waves (ESWs). Observations of the same ESWs at different positions and times enable unprecedented accuracy in determining the size, velocity, and evolution of these nonlinear structures. This particular event is a short series of negative potential solitary waves in the magnetosheath. The observed structures differ in amplitude and speed, merging or colliding with one another. A Vlasov simulation supports initial wave growth by a cold feature in the electron distribution function. Such cold electrons are likely the result of mixing between the cold magnetospheric and warm magnetosheath plasma along a reconnection separatrix. ESW speed and perpendicular size are inconsistent with ion phase space holes. Solving Poisson's equation for the measured potential, we find a reduction in electron density rather than an enhancement expected from an electron soliton. These ESWs have an unusual combination of properties on both ion and electron scales, likely supported by a complex electron distribution in the nonlinear state.</jats:p>

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