期刊
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 45, 期 10, 页码 4542-4549出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2017GL076330
关键词
magnetotail; current sheet; magnetic reconnection
资金
- National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [41674143, 41474126, 41331067, 41421063]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2013CBA01503]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [I2016-N20]
Observations of a current sheet as thin as the electron scale are extremely rare in the near-Earth magnetotail. By measurement from the novel Magnetospheric Multiscale mission in the near-Earth magnetotail, we identified such an electron-scale current sheet and determined its detailed properties. The electron current sheet was bifurcated, with a half-thickness of nine electron inertial lengths, and was sandwiched between the Hall field. Because of the strong Hall electric field, the super-Alfvenic electron bulk flows were created mainly by the electric field drift, leading to the generation of the strong electron current. Inevitably, a bifurcated current sheet was formed since the Hall electric field was close to zero at the center of the current sheet. Inside the electron current sheet, the electrons were significantly heated while the ion temperature showed no change. The ions kept moving at a low speed, which was not affected by this electron current sheet. The energy dissipation was negligible inside the current sheet. The observations indicate that a thin current sheet, even as thin as electron scale, is not the sufficient condition for triggering bursty reconnection.
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