Transient and localized processes in the magnetotail: A review

AS Sharma, R Nakamura, A Runov… - Annales …, 2008 - angeo.copernicus.org
Many phenomena in the Earth's magnetotail have characteristic temporal scales of several
minutes and spatial scales of a few Earth radii (RE). Examples of such transient and …

Cluster observations of earthward flowing plasmoid in the tail

QG Zong, TA Fritz, ZY Pu, SY Fu… - Geophysical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The energetic electrons and ions embedded in Earthward‐moving plasmoid structures have
been observed. These plasmoids are associated with a rotational local Bz component (bi …

Ion‐scale magnetic flux ropes and loops in Earth's magnetotail: An automated, comprehensive survey of MMS data between 2017 and 2022

AW Smith, W Sun, JA Slavin… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic reconnection is a critically important process in defining the dynamics and energy
transport within plasma environments. In near‐Earth space we may track where and when …

Saturn's dynamic magnetotail: A comprehensive magnetic field and plasma survey of plasmoids and traveling compression regions and their role in global …

CM Jackman, JA Slavin, MG Kivelson… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We present a comprehensive study of the magnetic field and plasma signatures of
reconnection events observed with the Cassini spacecraft during the tail orbits of 2006. We …

MMS observations of ion‐scale magnetic island in the magnetosheath turbulent plasma

SY Huang, F Sahraoui, A Retinò… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this letter, first observations of ion‐scale magnetic island from the Magnetospheric
Multiscale mission in the magnetosheath turbulent plasma are presented. The magnetic …

Cluster observations of traveling compression regions in the near‐tail

JA Slavin, EI Tanskanen, M Hesse… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Examination of Cluster measurements has revealed the presence of traveling compression
regions (TCRs) in the lobes of the Earth's magnetotail at X∼− 11–19 RE. These TCRs …

Plasmoids in reconnecting current sheets: Solar and terrestrial contexts compared

J Lin, SR Cranmer, CJ Farrugia - Journal of Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic reconnection plays a crucial role in violent energy conversion occurring in the
environments of high electrical conductivity, such as the solar atmosphere, magnetosphere …

Statistical analysis of Mercury's magnetotail lobe field using MESSENGER observations

CF Bowers, CM Jackman, W Sun… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The magnetotail lobe region at Mercury is characterized by low plasma density and low
magnetic field variability compared to the nightside magnetosheath and central plasma …

Cluster observations of flux rope structures in the near-tail

PD Henderson, CJ Owen, IV Alexeev… - Annales …, 2006 - angeo.copernicus.org
An investigation of the 2003 Cluster tail season has revealed small flux ropes in the near-tail
plasma sheet of Earth. These flux ropes manifest themselves as a bipolar magnetic field …

Field-aligned beams and reconnection in the Jovian magnetotail

EA Kronberg, S Kasahara, N Krupp, J Woch - Icarus, 2012 - Elsevier
The release of plasma in the jovian magnetotail is observed in the form of plasmoids,
travelling compression regions, field-aligned particle beams and flux-rope like events. We …