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{Wilder:2016:10.1002/2016GL069473,
author = {Wilder, FD and Ergun, RE and Goodrich, KA and Goldman, MV and Newman, DL and Malaspina, DM and Jaynes, AN and Schwartz, SJ and Trattner, KJ and Burch, JL and Argall, MR and Torbert, RB and Lindqvist, P-A and Marklund, G and Le, Contel O and Mirioni, L and Khotyaintsev, YV and Strangeway, RJ and Russell, CT and Pollock, CJ and Giles, BL and Plaschke, F and Magnes, W and Eriksson, S and Stawarz, JE and Sturner, AP and Holmes, JC},
doi = {10.1002/2016GL069473},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
pages = {5909--5917},
title = {Observations of whistler mode waves with nonlinear parallel electric fields near the dayside magnetic reconnection separatrix by the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069473},
volume = {43},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We show observations from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission of whistler mode waves in the Earth's low-latitude boundary layer (LLBL) during a magnetic reconnection event. The waves propagated obliquely to the magnetic field toward the X line and were confined to the edge of a southward jet in the LLBL. Bipolar parallel electric fields interpreted as electrostatic solitary waves (ESW) are observed intermittently and appear to be in phase with the parallel component of the whistler oscillations. The polarity of the ESWs suggests that if they propagate with the waves, they are electron enhancements as opposed to electron holes. The reduced electron distribution shows a shoulder in the distribution for parallel velocities between 17,000 and 22,000 km/s, which persisted during the interval when ESWs were observed, and is near the phase velocity of the whistlers. This shoulder can drive Langmuir waves, which were observed in the high-frequency parallel electric field data.
AU  - Wilder,FD
AU  - Ergun,RE
AU  - Goodrich,KA
AU  - Goldman,MV
AU  - Newman,DL
AU  - Malaspina,DM
AU  - Jaynes,AN
AU  - Schwartz,SJ
AU  - Trattner,KJ
AU  - Burch,JL
AU  - Argall,MR
AU  - Torbert,RB
AU  - Lindqvist,P-A
AU  - Marklund,G
AU  - Le,Contel O
AU  - Mirioni,L
AU  - Khotyaintsev,YV
AU  - Strangeway,RJ
AU  - Russell,CT
AU  - Pollock,CJ
AU  - Giles,BL
AU  - Plaschke,F
AU  - Magnes,W
AU  - Eriksson,S
AU  - Stawarz,JE
AU  - Sturner,AP
AU  - Holmes,JC
DO  - 10.1002/2016GL069473
EP  - 5917
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1944-8007
SP  - 5909
TI  - Observations of whistler mode waves with nonlinear parallel electric fields near the dayside magnetic reconnection separatrix by the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission
T2  - Geophysical Research Letters
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069473
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/40577
VL  - 43
ER  -
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