Parallel-dominant and perpendicular-dominant components of the fast bulk flow: Comparing with the PSBL beams
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| 作者 | Zhang, L. Q.; Dai, L.; Baumjohann, W.; Reme, H.; Dunlop, M. W.; Wei, X. H. |
| 刊名 | JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
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| 出版日期 | 2015 |
| 卷号 | 120期号:11页码:9500-9512 |
| ISSN号 | 2169-9380 |
| 通讯作者 | Zhang, LQ (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Space Sci Ctr, State Key Lab Space Weather, Beijing, Peoples R China. |
| 英文摘要 | Utilizing multipoint observations by the Cluster satellites, we investigated the ion distributions of the fast bulk flows (FBFs) in the plasma sheet. Simultaneous observation by C1 and C3 revealed that parallel-dominant and perpendicular-dominant components of the flows coexist and correspond to B-x-dominant and B-z-dominant magnetic field regions within the FBFs, respectively. In both cases, the ions distributions are characterized by a single-beam/crescent shape. In particular, no reflected ions are found within the FBFs. Statistical analysis showed that within the FBFs, the strength of the B-x component is typically less than 5 nT for B-z-dominant regions and above 10 nT for B-x-dominant regions. To distinguish between the parallel-dominant component of the FBFs and the field-aligned beams in the plasma sheet boundary layer (PSBL), we further statistically analyzed the tailward parallel flows (TPF) with positive B-z in the plasma sheet. The results indicated that the FBFs tend to have higher velocity, weaker B, and higher magnetic tilt angle (theta(MTA)) than the TPFs/PSBL beams. Statistically, in the region of B > 30 nT (theta(MTA) > 10 degrees), only PSBL beams can be observed, while in the region of B < 10 nT (theta(MTA) > 30 degrees), the FBFs are dominant. In the intermediate region (10 degrees < theta(MTA) < 30 degrees) of the plasma sheet, the FBFs and the PSBL beams cooccur. These Cluster observations suggest that the X line can produce both perpendicular flow in central plasma sheet and parallel flow in the PSBL. In addition, the parallel-dominant component of the FBFs could be an important origin for the PSBL beams. |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 公开日期 | 2016-04-26 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.nssc.ac.cn/handle/122/5345]  |
| 专题 | 国家空间科学中心_空间科学部 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhang, L. Q.,Dai, L.,Baumjohann, W.,et al. Parallel-dominant and perpendicular-dominant components of the fast bulk flow: Comparing with the PSBL beams[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS,2015,120(11):9500-9512. |
| APA | Zhang, L. Q.,Dai, L.,Baumjohann, W.,Reme, H.,Dunlop, M. W.,&Wei, X. H..(2015).Parallel-dominant and perpendicular-dominant components of the fast bulk flow: Comparing with the PSBL beams.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS,120(11),9500-9512. |
| MLA | Zhang, L. Q.,et al."Parallel-dominant and perpendicular-dominant components of the fast bulk flow: Comparing with the PSBL beams".JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS 120.11(2015):9500-9512. |
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