Dayside transient phenomena and their impact on the magnetosphere and ionosphere

H Zhang, Q Zong, H Connor, P Delamere… - Space Science …, 2022 - Springer
Dayside transients, such as hot flow anomalies, foreshock bubbles, magnetosheath jets, flux
transfer events, and surface waves, are frequently observed upstream from the bow shock …

Review of solar wind entry into and transport within the plasma sheet

S Wing, JR Johnson, CC Chaston, M Echim… - Space Science …, 2014 - Springer
The plasma sheet is populated in part by the solar wind plasma. Four solar entry
mechanisms are examined:(1) double cusp or double lobe reconnection,(2) Kelvin …

First observations of foreshock bubbles upstream of Earth's bow shock: Characteristics and comparisons to HFAs

DL Turner, N Omidi, DG Sibeck… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Using multipoint in situ observations upstream of Earth's bow shock from the THEMIS
mission, we present the first observations of foreshock bubbles (FBs) and compare them to …

Magnetosheath pressure pulses: Generation downstream of the bow shock from solar wind discontinuities

MO Archer, TS Horbury… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We present multipoint Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms
(THEMIS) observations of transient dynamic pressure pulses in the magnetosheath 3–10 …

Global impacts of a foreshock bubble: Magnetosheath, magnetopause and ground-based observations

MO Archer, DL Turner, JP Eastwood… - Planetary and Space …, 2015 - Elsevier
Using multipoint observations we show, for the first time, that Foreshock Bubbles (FBs) have
a global impact on Earth׳ s magnetosphere. We show that an FB, a transient kinetic …

Modeling the expansion speed of foreshock bubbles

TZ Liu, A Vu, H Zhang, X An… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Foreshock transients, including hot flow anomalies (HFAs) and foreshock bubbles (FBs), are
frequently observed in the ion foreshock. Their significant dynamic pressure perturbations …

THEMIS observations of tangential discontinuity‐driven foreshock bubbles

Z Liu, DL Turner, V Angelopoulos… - Geophysical Research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Foreshock bubbles (FBs), transient ion foreshock phenomena formed from highly
concentrated suprathermal foreshock ions upstream of solar wind discontinuities, produce …

Statistical study of favorable foreshock ion properties for the formation of hot flow anomalies and foreshock bubbles

TZ Liu, H Zhang, D Turner, A Vu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hot flow anomalies (HFAs) and foreshock bubbles (FBs) are frequently observed in Earth's
foreshock, which can significantly disturb the bow shock and therefore the magnetosphere …

Statistical study of particle acceleration in the core of foreshock transients

TZ Liu, V Angelopoulos, H Hietala… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Several types of foreshock transients upstream of Earth's bow shock possessing a tenuous,
hot core have been observed and simulated. Because of the low dynamic pressure in their …

Localized density enhancements in the magnetosheath: Three‐dimensional morphology and possible importance for impulsive penetration

T Karlsson, N Brenning, H Nilsson… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We use Cluster multipoint density measurements, using the spacecraft potential, to identify
localized density enhancements (> 50%) in the magnetosheath, and estimate their three …