Abstract:
The Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability can operate in various situations in the solar wind, but at the boundaries of planetary obstacles, for example the Earth's magnetopause, it is most amenable to investigation. Reliable estimates of wave characteristics are essential for comparison with theoretical and numerical models and for understanding the nonlinear development of KH waves and their role in the plasma entry into the magnetosphere. After discussing their typical conditions of appearance in KH unstable domains at the magnetopause, both theoretically and observationally, we outline recent results of multi-spacecraft analysis with Cluster giving accurate, albeit spatially limited, determination of surface wave characteristics. Those characteristics (wavelength and propagation direction), close to the terminator on the nightside, are likely to be prescribed by the 3-D geometry and the bending of field lines developed by the KH waves, rather than by the magnitude and the direction of the magnetosheath or background flow. An unprecedented number of satellites provides now the opportunity to extend the analysis of source regions of KH waves and their domains of development. © 2010 American Institute of Physics.
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Título: | Kelvin-Helmholtz multi-spacecraft studies at the Earth's magnetopause boundaries |
Autor: | Foullon, C.; Farrugia, C.J.; Owen, C.J.; Fazakerley, A.N.; Gratton, F.T. |
Ciudad: | Saint-Malo |
Filiación: | CFSA, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom Space Science Center, Department of Physics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, United States MSSL, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, United Kingdom Instituto de Física del Plasma, CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Palabras clave: | Magnetopause and boundary layers; MHD waves and instabilities; Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions |
Año: | 2010
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Volumen: | 1216
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Página de inicio: | 483
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Página de fin: | 486
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3395908 |
Título revista: | 12th International Solar Wind Conference
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Título revista abreviado: | AIP Conf. Proc.
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ISSN: | 0094243X
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Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_0094243X_v1216_n_p483_Foullon |
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Foullon, C., Farrugia, C.J., Owen, C.J., Fazakerley, A.N. & Gratton, F.T.
(2010)
. Kelvin-Helmholtz multi-spacecraft studies at the Earth's magnetopause boundaries. 12th International Solar Wind Conference, 1216, 483-486.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3395908---------- CHICAGO ----------
Foullon, C., Farrugia, C.J., Owen, C.J., Fazakerley, A.N., Gratton, F.T.
"Kelvin-Helmholtz multi-spacecraft studies at the Earth's magnetopause boundaries"
. 12th International Solar Wind Conference 1216
(2010) : 483-486.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3395908---------- MLA ----------
Foullon, C., Farrugia, C.J., Owen, C.J., Fazakerley, A.N., Gratton, F.T.
"Kelvin-Helmholtz multi-spacecraft studies at the Earth's magnetopause boundaries"
. 12th International Solar Wind Conference, vol. 1216, 2010, pp. 483-486.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3395908---------- VANCOUVER ----------
Foullon, C., Farrugia, C.J., Owen, C.J., Fazakerley, A.N., Gratton, F.T. Kelvin-Helmholtz multi-spacecraft studies at the Earth's magnetopause boundaries. AIP Conf. Proc. 2010;1216:483-486.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3395908