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Theoretical studies of low and high frequency electrostatic solitary waves in the magnetopause associated with asymmetric magnetic reconnection

Bharuthram, R.; Rufai, O. R.; Maharaj, S. K.

In a comprehensive analysis of Cluster data, Graham et al. (2015) have reported the existence of slow and fast electrostatic solitary waves (ESWs) associated with asymmetric magnetic reconnection arising from the merger of the magnetic fields, and mixing, of the hot tenuous magnetospheric plasma and the cooler dense magnetosheath plasma. Their ana…