Ion‐Scale Magnetic Flux Ropes and Loops in Earth's Magnetotail: An Automated, Comprehensive Survey of MMS Data Between 2017 and 2022
A. W. Smith,
W. Sun,
J. A. Slavin
et al.
Abstract:Magnetic reconnection is a critically important process in defining the dynamics and energy transport within plasma environments. In near‐Earth space we may track where and when reconnection occurs by identifying associated coherent magnetic structures. On a global scale these structures facilitate the flow of mass and magnetic flux into, within, and out of the magnetospheric system, whilst contributing to local plasma heating. In the Earth's magnetotail there are two similar structures we identify in this wor… Show more
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