Coupling between Mercury and its nightside magnetosphere: Cross-tail current sheet asymmetry and substorm current wedge formation
文献类型：期刊论文
| 作者 | Poh, Gangkai1; Slavin, James A.1; Jia, Xianzhe1; Raines, Jim M.1; Imber, Suzanne M.2; Sun, Wei-Jie3,4; Gershman, Daniel J.5; DiBraccio, Gina A.6,7; Genestreti, Kevin J.8; Smith, Andy W.9 |
| 刊名 | JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
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| 出版日期 | 2017-08-01 |
| 卷号 | 122期号:8页码:8419-8433 |
| 关键词 | Mercury cross-tail current sheet asymmetry substorm current wedge magnetotail |
| ISSN号 | 2169-9380 |
| DOI | 10.1002/2017JA024266 |
| 文献子类 | Article |
| 英文摘要 | We analyzed MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) magnetic field and plasma measurements taken during 319 crossings of Mercury's cross-tail current sheet. We found that the measured B-Z in the current sheet is higher on the dawnside than the duskside by a factor of approximate to 3 and the asymmetry decreases with downtail distance. This result is consistent with expectations based upon MHD stress balance. The magnetic fields threading the more stretched current sheet in the duskside have a higher plasma beta than those on the dawnside, where they are less stretched. This asymmetric behavior is confirmed by mean current sheet thickness being greatest on the dawnside. We propose that heavy planetary ion (e.g., Na+) enhancements in the duskside current sheet provides the most likely explanation for the dawn-dusk current sheet asymmetries. We also report the direct measurement of Mercury's substorm current wedge (SCW) formation and estimate the total current due to pileup of magnetic flux to be approximate to 11kA. The conductance at the foot of the field lines required to close the SCW current is found to be approximate to 1.2S, which is similar to earlier results derived from modeling of Mercury's Region 1 field-aligned currents. Hence, Mercury's regolith is sufficiently conductive for the current to flow radially then across the surface of Mercury's highly conductive iron core. Mercury appears to be closely coupled to its nightside magnetosphere by mass loading of upward flowing heavy planetary ions and electrodynamically by field-aligned currents that transfer momentum and energy to the nightside auroral oval crust and interior. Heavy planetary ion enhancements in Mercury's duskside current sheet provide explanation for cross-tail asymmetries found in this study. The total current due to the pileup of magnetic flux and conductance required to close the SCW current is found to be approximate to 11kA and 1.2S. Mercury is coupled to magnetotail by mass loading of heavy ions and field-aligned currents driven by reconnection-related fast plasma flow. |
| WOS关键词 | MAGNETOTAIL CURRENT SHEET ; MESSENGER OBSERVATIONS ; PLASMA SHEET ; MAGNETIC-FIELD ; SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION ; DISTANT MAGNETOTAIL ; MAVEN OBSERVATIONS ; RECONNECTION ; DIPOLARIZATION ; MAGNETOPAUSE |
| WOS研究方向 | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000411788800039 |
| 出版者 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
| 资助机构 | NASA Discovery Data Analysis Program grants(NNX15K88G ; Heliophysics Supporting Research(NNX15AJ68G) ; Living with a Star(NNX16AJ67G) ; Solar System Workings Program grant(NNX15AH28G) ; NASA ROSES grant(NNX16AJ05G) ; Leverhulme Trust ; National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents(BX201600158) ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2016M600124) ; NNX15AL01G) ; NASA Discovery Data Analysis Program grants(NNX15K88G ; Heliophysics Supporting Research(NNX15AJ68G) ; Living with a Star(NNX16AJ67G) ; Solar System Workings Program grant(NNX15AH28G) ; NASA ROSES grant(NNX16AJ05G) ; Leverhulme Trust ; National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents(BX201600158) ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2016M600124) ; NNX15AL01G) ; NASA Discovery Data Analysis Program grants(NNX15K88G ; Heliophysics Supporting Research(NNX15AJ68G) ; Living with a Star(NNX16AJ67G) ; Solar System Workings Program grant(NNX15AH28G) ; NASA ROSES grant(NNX16AJ05G) ; Leverhulme Trust ; National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents(BX201600158) ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2016M600124) ; NNX15AL01G) ; NASA Discovery Data Analysis Program grants(NNX15K88G ; Heliophysics Supporting Research(NNX15AJ68G) ; Living with a Star(NNX16AJ67G) ; Solar System Workings Program grant(NNX15AH28G) ; NASA ROSES grant(NNX16AJ05G) ; Leverhulme Trust ; National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents(BX201600158) ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2016M600124) ; NNX15AL01G) |
| 源URL | [http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/61954]  |
| 专题 | 地质与地球物理研究所_中国科学院地球与行星物理重点实验室 |
| 通讯作者 | Poh, Gangkai |
| 作者单位 | 1.Univ Michigan, Dept Climate & Space Sci & Engn, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA 2.Univ Leicester, Dept Phys & Astron, Leicester, Leics, England 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Key Lab Earth & Planetary Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Peking Univ, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 5.NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Heliophys Sci Div, Greenbelt, MD USA 6.NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Solar Syst Explorat Div, Greenbelt, MD USA 7.Univ Space Res Assoc, Columbia, MD USA 8.Southwest Res Inst, Space Sci & Engn Div, San Antonio, TX USA 9.Univ Southampton, Dept Phys & Astron, Southampton, Hants, England |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Poh, Gangkai,Slavin, James A.,Jia, Xianzhe,et al. Coupling between Mercury and its nightside magnetosphere: Cross-tail current sheet asymmetry and substorm current wedge formation[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS,2017,122(8):8419-8433. |
| APA | Poh, Gangkai.,Slavin, James A..,Jia, Xianzhe.,Raines, Jim M..,Imber, Suzanne M..,...&Smith, Andy W..(2017).Coupling between Mercury and its nightside magnetosphere: Cross-tail current sheet asymmetry and substorm current wedge formation.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS,122(8),8419-8433. |
| MLA | Poh, Gangkai,et al."Coupling between Mercury and its nightside magnetosphere: Cross-tail current sheet asymmetry and substorm current wedge formation".JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS 122.8(2017):8419-8433. |
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