Imperial College London
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Emeritus ProfessorStevenSchwartz

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Distinguished Research Fellow
 
 
 
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Mr Luke Kratzmann +44 (0)20 7594 7770

 
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708BHuxley BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

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@article{Ergun:2016:10.1002/2016GL068992,
author = {Ergun, RE and Holmes, JC and Goodrich, KA and Wilder, FD and Stawarz, JE and Eriksson, S and Newman, DL and Schwartz, SJ and Goldman, MV and Sturner, AP and Malaspina, DM and Usanova, ME and Torbert, RB and Argall, M and Lindqvist, PA and Khotyaintsev, Y and Burch, JL and Strangeway, RJ and Russell, CT and Pollock, CJ and Giles, BL and Dorelli, JJC and Avanov, L and Hesse, M and Chen, LJ and Lavraud, B and Le, Contel O and Retino, A and Phan, TD and Eastwood, JP and Oieroset, M and Drake, J and Shay, MA and Cassak, PA and Nakamura, R and Zhou, M and Ashour-Abdalla, M and André, M},
doi = {10.1002/2016GL068992},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
pages = {5626--5634},
title = {Magnetospheric Multiscale observations of large-amplitude, parallel, electrostatic waves associated with magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068992},
volume = {43},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We report observations from the Magnetospheric Multiscale satellites of large-amplitude, parallel, electrostatic waves associated with magnetic reconnection at the Earth's magnetopause. The observed waves have parallel electric fields (E||) with amplitudes on the order of 100 mV/m and display nonlinear characteristics that suggest a possible net E||. These waves are observed within the ion diffusion region and adjacent to (within several electron skin depths) the electron diffusion region. They are in or near the magnetosphere side current layer. Simulation results support that the strong electrostatic linear and nonlinear wave activities appear to be driven by a two stream instability, which is a consequence of mixing cold (<10 eV) plasma in the magnetosphere with warm (~100 eV) plasma from the magnetosheath on a freshly reconnected magnetic field line. The frequent observation of these waves suggests that cold plasma is often present near the magnetopause.
AU  - Ergun,RE
AU  - Holmes,JC
AU  - Goodrich,KA
AU  - Wilder,FD
AU  - Stawarz,JE
AU  - Eriksson,S
AU  - Newman,DL
AU  - Schwartz,SJ
AU  - Goldman,MV
AU  - Sturner,AP
AU  - Malaspina,DM
AU  - Usanova,ME
AU  - Torbert,RB
AU  - Argall,M
AU  - Lindqvist,PA
AU  - Khotyaintsev,Y
AU  - Burch,JL
AU  - Strangeway,RJ
AU  - Russell,CT
AU  - Pollock,CJ
AU  - Giles,BL
AU  - Dorelli,JJC
AU  - Avanov,L
AU  - Hesse,M
AU  - Chen,LJ
AU  - Lavraud,B
AU  - Le,Contel O
AU  - Retino,A
AU  - Phan,TD
AU  - Eastwood,JP
AU  - Oieroset,M
AU  - Drake,J
AU  - Shay,MA
AU  - Cassak,PA
AU  - Nakamura,R
AU  - Zhou,M
AU  - Ashour-Abdalla,M
AU  - André,M
DO  - 10.1002/2016GL068992
EP  - 5634
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 0094-8276
SP  - 5626
TI  - Magnetospheric Multiscale observations of large-amplitude, parallel, electrostatic waves associated with magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause
T2  - Geophysical Research Letters
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068992
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/38566
VL  - 43
ER  -
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