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American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Research Letters, 6(30), 2003

DOI: 10.1029/2002gl016116

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Upstream magnetospheric ion flux tube within a magnetic cloud: Wind/STICS: ION FLUX TUBE WITHIN A MAGNETIC CLOUD

Journal article published in 2003 by Arik Posner ORCID, Michael W. Liemohn, Thomas H. Zurbuchen
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

1] We present a case study of a remarkable upstream O + and N + ion outflow event. We present observational evidence for spatially structured outflow of these Low Charge State Heavy Ions (LCSHIs) of magnetospheric origin along a small reconnected field line region within the framework of a magnetic cloud of an ICME. From the particles' in situ 3D distribution function we conclude that in this case the interaction of the outflow with the bow shock is small. We conclude further that the gyrophases of outflowing ions at the reconnection point are randomly distributed. This leads to the formation of a flux tube with a specific geometry. In particular, the outflow reveals spatial dispersion and non-gyrotropy. This result has implications for the size of the dayside reconnection site.