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MESSENGER Observations of Magnetic Reconnection in Mercury’s Magnetosphere
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SYSNO ASEP 0337677 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title MESSENGER Observations of Magnetic Reconnection in Mercury’s Magnetosphere Author(s) Slavin, J.A. (US)
Acuna, M. H. (US)
Anderson, B.J. (US)
Baker, D. N. (US)
Benna, M. (US)
Boardsen, S.A. (US)
Gloeckler, G. (US)
Gold, R.E. (US)
Ho, G.C. (US)
Korth, H. (US)
Krimigis, S.M. (US)
McNutt, Jr., R.L. (US)
Raines, J.M. (US)
Sarantos, M. (US)
Schriver, D. (US)
Solomon, S.C. (US)
Trávníček, Pavel M. (ASU-R) RID, ORCID
Zurbuchen, T.H. (US)Source Title Science. - : American Association for the Advancement of Science - ISSN 0036-8075
Roč. 324, č. 5927 (2009), s. 606-610Number of pages 5 s. Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords magnetosphere ; Mercury ; magnetic reconnection Subject RIV BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics CEZ AV0Z10030501 - ASU-R (2005-2011) UT WOS 000265608800034 DOI 10.1126/science.1172011 Annotation During MESSENGER’s second flyby of Mercury, a steady southward IMF was observed and the magnetopause was threaded by a strong magnetic field, indicating a reconnection rate ~10 times that typical at Earth. Moreover, a large flux transfer event was observed in the magnetosheath, and a plasmoid and multiple traveling compression regions were observed in Mercury’s magnetotail, all products of reconnection. These observations indicate that Mercury’s magnetosphere is much more responsive to IMF direction and dominated by the effects of reconnection than that of Earth or the other magnetized planets. Workplace Astronomical Institute Contact Radka Svašková, bibl@asu.cas.cz, Tel.: 323 620 326 Year of Publishing 2010
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