The objective of the proposal was to understand the formation and evolution of flux ropes in the Earth's magnetotail. For this purpose we proposed to carry out the modeling of the flux ropes observed by the Geotail spacecraft in the middle magnetotail. The modeling of the flux ropes has yielded vital parameters like the scale sizes and the total flux contents of the flux ropes. The modeled parameters were then compared with the solar wind parameters and the magnetotail parameters (local lobe field strength, distance from the Earth etc.) to understand their formation and evolution. A very large data set of field and plasma measurements from the Geotail spacecraft and upstream parameters from the IMP-8 spacecraft was established. In it we identified more than 150 flux ropes and proceeded to model them using the Kivelson and Khurana (1995) model.


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    Title :

    Some Studies of Flux Ropes in the Earth's Magnetotail: ISTP Guest Investigator Program


    Contributors:
    K. Khurana (author)

    Publication date :

    2000


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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