Electron Jet Detected by MMS at Dipolarization Front

C. M. Liu; H. S. Fu; A. Vaivads; Y. V. Khotyaintsev; D. J. Gershman; K. J. Hwang; Z. Z. Chen; D. Cao; Y. Xu; J. Yang; F. Z. Peng; S. Y. Huang; J. L. Burch; B. L. Giles; R. E. Ergun; C. T. Russell; P. A. Lindqvist; O. Le Contel

doi:10.1002/2017GL076509

Electron Jet Detected by MMS at Dipolarization Front

C. M. Liu
, H. S. Fu^*
, A. Vaivads
, Y. V. Khotyaintsev
, D. J. Gershman
, K. J. Hwang
, Z. Z. Chen
, D. Cao
, Y. Xu
, J. Yang
, F. Z. Peng
, S. Y. Huang
, J. L. Burch
, B. L. Giles
, R. E. Ergun
, C. T. Russell
, P. A. Lindqvist
, O. Le Contel

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空间与地球科学学院

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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Southwest Research Institute
Beihang University
Wuhan University
University of Colorado Boulder
University of California at Los Angeles
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas

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Using MMS high-resolution measurements, we present the first observation of fast electron jet (V_e ~2,000 km/s) at a dipolarization front (DF) in the magnetotail plasma sheet. This jet, with scale comparable to the DF thickness (~ 0.9 d_i), is primarily in the tangential plane to the DF current sheet and mainly undergoes the E × B drift motion; it contributes significantly to the current system at the DF, including a localized ring-current that can modify the DF topology. Associated with this fast jet, we observed a persistent normal electric field, strong lower hybrid drift waves, and strong energy conversion at the DF. Such strong energy conversion is primarily attributed to the electron-jet-driven current (E ⋅ j_e ≈ 2 E ⋅ j_i), rather than the ion current suggested in previous studies.

源语言	英语
页（从-至）	556-564
页数	9
期刊	Geophysical Research Letters
卷	45
期	2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076509
出版状态	已出版 - 28 1月 2018

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Liu, C. M., Fu, H. S., Vaivads, A., Khotyaintsev, Y. V., Gershman, D. J., Hwang, K. J., Chen, Z. Z., Cao, D., Xu, Y., Yang, J., Peng, F. Z., Huang, S. Y., Burch, J. L., Giles, B. L., Ergun, R. E., Russell, C. T., Lindqvist, P. A., & Le Contel, O. (2018). Electron Jet Detected by MMS at Dipolarization Front. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(2), 556-564. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076509

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