MESSENGER observations of large flux transfer events at Mercury

0356512 - ASÚ 2011 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Slavin, J.A. - Lepping, R. P. - Wu, Ch. - Anderson, B.J. - Baker, D. N. - Benna, M. - Boardsen, S.A. - Killen, R.M. - Korth, H. - Krimigis, S.M. - McClintock, P. V. E. - McNutt, Jr., R.L. - Sarantos, M. - Schriver, D. - Solomon, S.C. - Trávníček, Pavel M. - Zurbuchen, T.H.
MESSENGER observations of large flux transfer events at Mercury.
Geophysical Research Letters. Roč. 37, - (2010), L02105/1-L02105/6. ISSN 0094-8276. E-ISSN 1944-8007
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT ME09009
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10030501
Keywords : planetary sciences * fluid planets * magnetospheres
Subject RIV: BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics
Impact factor: 3.505, year: 2010

Six flux transfer events (FTEs) were encountered during MESSENGER’s first two flybys of Mercury (M1 and M2). For M1 the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) was predominantly northward and four FTEs with durations of 1 to 6 s were observed in the magnetosheath following southward IMF turnings. The IMF was steadily southward during M2, and an FTE 4 s in duration was observed just inside the dawn magnetopause followed approx. 32 s later by a 7-s FTE in the magnetosheath. Flux rope models were fit to the magnetic field data to determine FTE dimensions and flux content.
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