The Magnetic Reconnection Outflow in the Near-Earth Plasma Sheet

Koji KONDOH

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Oral

Symbol P (Space and Planetary Sciences) » P-EM Solar-Terrestrial Sciences, Space Electromagnetism & Space Environment

[P-EM28] Dynamics in magnetosphere and ionosphere

Thu. May 28, 2015 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM 302 (3F)

Convener:*Yoshizumi Miyoshi(Solar-Terrestrial Environement Laboratory, Nagoya University), Hiroshi Hasegawa(Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Shin'ya Nakano(The Institute of Statistical Mathematics), Yoshimasa Tanaka(National Institute of Polar Research), Tomoaki Hori(Nagoya University Solar Terrestrial Environment Laboratory Geospace Research Center), Chair:Tomoaki Hori(名古屋大学太陽地球環境研究所)

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

[PEM28-02] The Magnetic Reconnection Outflow in the Near-Earth Plasma Sheet

*Koji KONDOH¹ (1.RCSCE, Ehime University)

Keywords:Near Earth Plasma Sheet, Magnetic Reconnection, Plasma Flow, Bursty Bulk Flow, Bounce Flow

In the near-Earth plasma sheet, earthward fast plasma flows over several hundred km/s are observed by in-situ satellites. These plasma flows are suddenly decelerated by the dominant dipolar magnetic field at around 10 Re. The following tailward rebound flows are also observed by them. In this paper, we studied the three dimensional evolution of these earthward and tailward flows using MHD simulation and analyses of GEOTAIL observation data during from 1995 to 2005.