Mapping MMS Observations of Solitary Waves in Earth's Magnetic Field

Electrostatic solitary waves (ESWs) are a type of nonlinear time‐domain plasma structure (TDS) generally defined by bipolar electric fields and propagation parallel to the local magnetic field. Formation mechanisms for TDSs in the magnetosphere have been studied extensively and are associated with p...

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Published in:Journal of geophysical research. Space physics 2021-12, Vol.126 (12), p.n/a
Main Authors: Hansel, P. J., Wilder, F. D., Malaspina, D. M., Ergun, R. E., Ahmadi, N., Holmes, J. C., Goodrich, K. A., Fuselier, S., Giles, B., Russell, C. T., Torbert, R., Strangeway, R., Khotyaintsev, Y., Lindqvist, P. ‐A., Burch, J.
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Language:English
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Boundary layers
Constellations
Electric fields
electrostatic solitary wave
Geomagnetic field
Magnetic fields
Magnetospheres
magnetospheric multiscale
mapping
nonlinear time-domain structures
Radiation
Radiation belts
Solitary waves
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Summary:Electrostatic solitary waves (ESWs) are a type of nonlinear time‐domain plasma structure (TDS) generally defined by bipolar electric fields and propagation parallel to the local magnetic field. Formation mechanisms for TDSs in the magnetosphere have been studied extensively and are associated with plasma boundary layers and the braking of bursty bulk flows (BBFs). However, the rapid timescales over which these TDSs occur (
ISSN:2169-9380
2169-9402
2169-9402
DOI:10.1029/2021JA029389