Anharmonic oscillatory flow braking in the Earth's magnetotail

dc.citation.firstpage3700en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber10en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleGeophysical Research Lettersen_US
dc.citation.lastpage3706en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber42en_US
dc.contributor.authorPanov, E.V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWolf, R.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKubyshkina, M.V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNakamura, R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBaumjohann, W.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-30T17:03:41Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-05-30T17:03:41Zen_US
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractPlasma sheet bursty bulk flows often oscillate around their equilibrium position at about 10 REdowntail. The radial magnetic field, pressure, and flux tube volume profiles usually behave differently earthward and tailward of this position. Using data from five Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) probes, we reconstruct these profiles with the help of an empirical model and apply thin filament theory to show that the oscillatory flow braking can occur in an asymmetric potential. Thus, the thin filament oscillations appear to be anharmonic, with a power spectrum exhibiting peaks at both the fundamental frequency and the first harmonic. Such anharmonic oscillatory braking can explain the presence of the first harmonic in Pi2 pulsations (frequency doubling), which are simultaneously observed by magnetometers on the ground near the conjugate THEMIS footprints.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPanov, E.V., Wolf, R.A., Kubyshkina, M.V., et al.. "Anharmonic oscillatory flow braking in the Earth's magnetotail." <i>Geophysical Research Letters,</i> 42, no. 10 (2015) Wiley: 3700-3706. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GL064057.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GL064057en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/94743en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
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dc.titleAnharmonic oscillatory flow braking in the Earth's magnetotailen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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