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- Title
Two Classes of Equatorial Magnetotail Dipolarization Fronts Observed by Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission: A Statistical Overview.
- Authors
Alqeeq, S. W.; Le Contel, O.; Canu, P.; Retinò, A.; Chust, T.; Mirioni, L.; Chuvatin, A.; Nakamura, R.; Ahmadi, N.; Wilder, F. D.; Gershman, D. J.; Khotyaintsev, Yu. V.; Lindqvist, P.‐A.; Ergun, R. E.; Burch, J. L.; Torbert, R. B.; Fuselier, S. A.; Russell, C. T.; Wei, H. Y.; Strangeway, R. J.
- Abstract
We carried out a statistical study of equatorial dipolarization fronts (DFs) detected by the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission during the full 2017 Earth's magnetotail season. We found that two DF classes are distinguished: class I (74.4%) corresponds to the standard DF properties and energy dissipation and a new class II (25.6%). This new class includes the six DF discussed in Alqeeq et al. (2022, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0069432) and corresponds to a bump of the magnetic field associated with a minimum in the ion and electron pressures and a reversal of the energy conversion process. The possible origin of this second class is discussed. Both DF classes show that the energy conversion process in the spacecraft frame is driven by the diamagnetic current dominated by the ion pressure gradient. In the fluid frame, it is driven by the electron pressure gradient. In addition, we have shown that the energy conversion processes are not homogeneous at the electron scale mostly due to the variations of the electric fields for both DF classes. Key Points: We reveal a new class of dipolarization front related to a bump of the magnetic field associated with a minimum in the ion and electron pressuresThe energy conversion process in the S/C frame is driven by the diamagnetic current dominated by the ion pressure gradientThe energy conversion processes are not homogeneous at the electron scale due to the variations of the electric fields
- Subjects
ENERGY conversion; ELECTRIC fields; MAGNETIC fields; ELECTRONS
- Publication
Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics, 2023, Vol 128, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
2169-9380
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1029/2023JA031738