Abstract
We present the first comprehensive observations of turbulence properties within high speed reconnection jet in the plasma sheet with moderate guide field. The power spectral density index is about-1.73 in the inertial range, and follows the value of-2.86 in the ion dissipation range. The turbulence is strongly anisotropic in the wave-vector space with the major power having its wave-vector highly oblique to the ambient magnetic field, suggesting that the turbulence is quasi-2D. The measured "dispersion relations" obtained using the k-filtering technique are compared with theory and are found to be consistent with the Alfvén-Whistler mode. In addition, both Probability Distribution Functions and flatness results show that the turbulence in the reconnection jet is intermittent (multifractal) at scales less than the proton gyroradius/inertial lengths. The estimated electric field provided by anomalous resistivity caused by turbulence is about 3mV/m, which is close to the typical reconnection electric field in the magnetotail.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | L11104 |
| Journal | Geophysical Research Letters |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jun 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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