Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Magnetic Discontinuities in the Solar Wind and Magnetosheath: Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) Observations. |
| Authors: |
Liu, Y. Y., Fu, H. S., Cao, J. B., Wang, Z., He, R. J., Guo, Z. Z., Xu, Y., Yu, Y. |
| Source: |
Astrophysical Journal; 4/16/2022, Vol. 930 Issue 1, p1-8, 8p |
| Subject Terms: |
SOLAR wind, INTERPLANETARY magnetic fields, MAGNETOPAUSE |
| Abstract: |
We perform a statistical investigation of the geometric features of interplanetary discontinuities (IDs) in the near-Earth solar wind and magnetosheath, by utilizing 14 months of Magnetospheric Multiscale mission data. 117,669 IDs are collected, including 108,049 events in the solar wind and 6399 events in the magnetosheath, with the remnant in the magnetosphere or near the bow shock/magnetopause. We find the following: (1) the ID occurrence rate is 17.0 events hrâ'1 in the solar wind and 5.5 events hrâ'1 in the magnetosheath, (2) the field rotation angles during ID crossings in the magnetosheath exhibit a two-exponential distribution with a breakpoint at 50°, which is not observed for IDs in the solar wind, (3) the magnetosheath IDs with small field rotation angles tend to be clustered, (4) by classifying the IDs into rotational discontinuities (RDs), tangential discontinuities (TDs), either TDs or RDs (EDs), and neither TDs nor RDs (NDs), we estimate RD:TD:ED:ND = 68%:5%:20%:7% in the solar wind, and RD:TD:ED:ND = 15%:44%:18%:23% in the magnetosheath, (5) the occurrence rates of RDs and TDs are, respectively 7.95 and 0.58 events hrâ'1 in the solar wind, and 0.57 and 1.60 events hrâ'1 in the magnetosheath, (6) RDs are more likely to propagate antisunward in the plasma rest frame, especially in the magnetosheath, and (7) the average thicknesses of the RDs and TDs are estimated, respectively, as 10.4 and 8.1 proton gyroradii (r p ) in the solar wind, and 17.4 and 5.0 r p in the magnetosheath. This work can improve our understanding of IDs’ interaction with the terrestrial bow shock. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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