Driven reconnection and bursty bulk flows

dc.contributor.author	Pandey, B.P.
dc.contributor.author	Lakhina, G.S.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-20T10:48:42Z
dc.date.accessioned	2021-02-12T09:27:24Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-20T10:48:42Z
dc.date.available	2021-02-12T09:27:24Z
dc.date.issued	2001
dc.identifier.citation	Annales Geophysicae, v.19, p.681-686, 2001, doi: 10.5194/angeo-19-681-2001	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/251
dc.description.abstract	The energetics of driven magnetic reconnections induced by the deformation of the magnetopause boundary due to the solar wind-magnetosphere interaction are studied. The bursty type reconnection ensues due to the forcing of the magnetopause boundary by the solar wind. For typical plasma parameters in the inner central plasma sheet (ICPS), the magnetic energy release during the reconnection is estimated and it is found that the available free energy is comparable to the observed kinetic energy of typical bursty bulk flows. It implies that the part of the free energy goes into the heating of the ICPS particles, whereas the rest goes into its acceleration. The accelerated particle manifests itself as bursty flows.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Magnetospheric physics	en_US
dc.subject	Storms and substorms	en_US
dc.subject	Inner central plasma sheet	en_US
dc.subject	Bursty bulk flows	en_US
dc.subject	Driven reconnection	en_US
dc.title	Driven reconnection and bursty bulk flows	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.identifier.accession	090738