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Structure, force balance, and topology of Earth’s magnetopause

Published:2017-06-02 Issue:6341 Volume:356 Page:960-963
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Russell C. T.¹^ORCID,Strangeway R. J.¹^ORCID,Zhao C.¹^ORCID,Anderson B. J.²,Baumjohann W.³^ORCID,Bromund K. R.⁴^ORCID,Fischer D.³^ORCID,Kepko L.⁴⁵^ORCID,Le G.⁴^ORCID,Magnes W.³,Nakamura R.³^ORCID,Plaschke F.³^ORCID,Slavin J. A.⁶^ORCID,Torbert R. B.⁵^ORCID,Moore T. E.⁴^ORCID,Paterson W. R.¹^ORCID,Pollock C. J.⁴^ORCID,Burch J. L.⁷^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Earth Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

2. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723-6099, USA.

3. Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstr. 6, 8010 Graz, Austria.

4. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.

5. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA.

6. Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143, USA.

7. Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78228-0510, USA.

Abstract

Probing the structure of the magnetopause The magnetopause is the boundary in space that separates the region dominated by Earth’s magnetic field (the magnetosphere) from the surrounding solar wind. The four spacecraft of NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission have repeatedly flown in formation through the magnetopause, measuring the properties of the plasma and magnetic fields in the region. Russell et al . used MMS measurements to study the magnetopause’s structure and force balance. They identified small-scale dynamic features that form a complex topology and evidence for magnetic flux ropes at the boundary. The results aid our understanding of Earth’s space environment and magnetospheres around other planets. Science , this issue p. 960

Funder

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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