Magnetic Reconnection Inside a Flux Rope Induced by Kelvin-Helmholtz Vortices

K. J. Hwang, K. Dokgo, E. Choi, J. L. Burch, D. G. Sibeck, B. L. Giles, H. Hasegawa, H. S. Fu, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, T. K.M. Nakamura, X. Ma, R. C. Fear, Y. Khotyaintsev, D. B. Graham, Q. Q. Shi, C. P. Escoubet, D. J. Gershman, W. R. Paterson, C. J. PollockR. E. Ergun, R. B. Torbert, J. C. Dorelli, L. Avanov, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway

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Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2019JA027665
JournalJournal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Volume125
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2020
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Geophysics

Keywords

  • Flux rope
  • Interlinked flux tubes
  • Kelvin-Helmholtz vortex
  • Kelvin-Helmholtz wave
  • Magnetopause
  • Reconnection

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