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Plasmoid observations in the distant plasma sheet boundary layer
Author(s) -
Moldwin Mark B.,
Hughes W. Jeffrey
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/92gl02102
Subject(s) - plasmoid , substorm , plasma sheet , geophysics , earth's magnetic field , boundary layer , physics , plasma , amplitude , magnetosphere , atmospheric sciences , computational physics , magnetic reconnection , magnetic field , mechanics , optics , quantum mechanics
Substorm associated large amplitude bipolar magnetic events occurred when ISEE 3 was in the distant geotail's plasma sheet boundary layer (PSBL). The characteristics of these events, their substorm association and their possible source mechanisms are examined. We propose that these PSBL events are signatures of a passing plasmoid in the plasma sheet, analogous to the traveling compression region model in the geomagnetic lobes.