Almost 40 years ago the concept of the substorm current wedge was developed to explain
the magnetic signatures observed on the ground and in geosynchronous orbit during …

The magnetosheath flow may take the form of large amplitude, yet spatially localized,
transient increases in dynamic pressure, known as “magnetosheath jets” or “plasmoids” …

Earth's magnetotail contains magnetic energy derived from the kinetic energy of the solar
wind. Conversion of that energy back to particle energy ultimately powers Earth's auroras …

Dipolarization fronts (DFs), characterized by a strong and steep increase of the tail magnetic
field component Bz normal to the neutral plane and preceded by a much less negative dip of …

Magnetic reconnection in a current sheet converts magnetic energy into particle energy, a
process that is important in many laboratory, space, and astrophysical contexts,,. It is not …

This paper gives an overview of the insights into the magnetic reconnection process
obtained by in-situ measurements across current sheets found in planetary magnetospheres …

THEMIS was launched on February 17, 2007 to determine the trigger and large-scale
evolution of substorms. During the first seven months of the mission the five satellites …

Modes and manifestations of the explosive activity in the Earth's magnetotail, as well as its
onset mechanisms and key pre-onset conditions are reviewed. Two mechanisms for the …

Recent observations have suggested that spatially localized flows of high‐temperature, low‐
density plasma carrying a dipolarized magnetic field (dipolarizing flux bundles, DFBs) play a …

Using the observations of three satellites of Cluster (C1, C3, and C4) during the periods July
to October 2001 and July to October 2002, we study 209 active time bursty bulk flows …