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AOGS 2009 - Singapore

Statistical analysis of reconnection associated multi-scale fluctuations by THEMIS Z. V örös and M.P. Leubner, Institute of Astro- and Particle Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria Runov and V. Angelopoulos, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA W. Baumjohann, Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria.

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AOGS 2009 - Singapore

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  1. Statistical analysis of reconnection associated multi-scale fluctuations by THEMIS Z. Vörös and M.P. Leubner, Institute of Astro- and Particle Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria Runov and V. Angelopoulos, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA W. Baumjohann, Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria AOGS 2009 - Singapore

  2. Event overview: reconnection associated magnetic & plasma fluctuations during a THEMIS conjunction; Current sheet flapping and plasma vortices ion-ion kink mode evolution with distance from the magnetic reconnection site OUTLINE

  3. February 26, 2008 Angelopoulos et al., Science, 321, 931-935, 2008

  4. Event overview Conditions in the solar wind: Vx=-385+-2 km/s; Vy=-10+-3 km/s; Vz=32+-3 km/s; Bx= 0.3+-1 nT; By= 2.2+-1 nT; Bz=1.2+-0.3 nT  flapping is due to internal processes + - Bx: current sheet flapping Flow associated dipolarization; Btot minima in the flow wakes Flow reversal: reconnection; + - Vx in the wake Cold & dense plasma in the wake

  5. Y-Z kink near the reconnection Sergeev et al., 2006 Kink distrubances driven by a moving source Erkaev et al., 2009

  6. Ion-ion kink: correlations between V and Ti

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