在地球的磁断中连续地磁重新连接
H U Frey1, T D Phan, S A Fuselier
1Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-7450, USA. hfrey@ssl.berkeley.edu
Nature
|December 5, 2003
概括
磁再连接对于太阳风进入地球磁层至关重要,它可以是连续的,不总是间歇的. 它的稳定性取决于太阳风在磁断时期的驱动条件.
科学领域:
- 空间物理 空间物理
- 等离子体物理学的物理学
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
背景情况:
- 磁再连接便于太阳风等离子体进入地球磁层.
- 磁再连接的间歇性或连续性是一个长期存在的问题.
- 与重新连接相关的太阳耀斑和亚风暴表现出类似爆发的行为.
研究的目的:
- 调查磁断时的磁再连接是否本质上是间歇性的或可以是连续的.
- 确定影响磁断再连接时间行为的驱动因素.
主要方法:
- 对电离层中白日质子极光点的观测分析作为磁断重新连接的远程签名.
- 极光斑存在与太阳风条件的相关性.
主要成果:
- 在长时间内,在地球的高度磁断中观察到连续和准稳定的磁重新连接.
- 日边的质子极光斑,作为重新连接的指标,连续存在了好几个小时.
- 发现重新连接是由太阳风直接驱动的.
结论:
- 磁再连接本身并不是间歇性的.
- 磁力重新连接的稳定性取决于驾驶条件,特别是太阳风.
- 连续重新连接可以发生在磁断时,当由太阳风适当驱动时.
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