| タイトル | Observations of flux transfer events - Are FTEs flux ropes, islands, or surface waves? |
| 著者（英） | Elphic, R. C. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; NASA Headquarters |
| 発行日 | 1990-01-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | A reexamination is conducted of evidence for the suggestion that flux-transfer events (FTEs) are related to a nontime-stationary reconnection process, giving attention to the ways in which combined field and plasma variations imply that FTEs are magnetic flux ropes. Both time-varying single x-line and multiple x-line reconnection are able to disturb the surrounding plasma, generating a signature that mimics the flux rope while lacking its topology. While any localized perturbation of the magnetopause surface can produce such a signature, evidence can be adduced against a surface-wave explanation of FTEs. |
| NASA分類 | GEOPHYSICS |
| レポートNO | 92A31258 |
| 権利 | Copyright |
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