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Duskward displacement of plasmoids and reconnection in the near-Earth magnetotail

Miyashita, Yukinaga; Ieda, Akimasa

Magnetic reconnection in the near-Earth magnetotail is responsible for explosive release of energy during substorms and auroral breakups. This near-tail reconnection was previously assumed to occur around the midnight meridian, where earthward flows were typically observed. Based on observations of tailward-moving plasmoids, the Geotail spacecraft…

The pioneer Cluster mission: preparation of its legacy phase near re-entry

Escoubet, C. Philippe; Masson, Arnaud; Taylor, Matthew G. G. T. +5 more

The Cluster mission will always be the first ever multi-spacecraft mission mapping the Earth magnetosphere in three dimensions. Launched in 2000 and originally planned to operate for two years, it has been orbiting Earth for more than two solar cycles. Over the course of its lifetime, its data have enabled the scientific community to conduct pione…