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Direct In‐Situ Estimates of Energy and Force Balance Associated With Magnetopause Reconnection

hal.structure.identifierInstitut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie [IRAP]
dc.contributor.authorDAHANI, Souhail
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
dc.contributor.authorLAVRAUD, Benoit
hal.structure.identifierInstitut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie [IRAP]
dc.contributor.authorGÉNOT, Vincent
dc.contributor.authorTOLEDO-REDONDO, Sergio
dc.contributor.authorKIEOKAEW, Rungployphan
dc.contributor.authorFARGETTE, Naïs
dc.contributor.authorROBERTS, Owen
dc.contributor.authorGERSHMAN, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorSAITO, Yoshifumi
dc.contributor.authorGILES, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorTORBERT, Roy
dc.contributor.authorBURCH, James
dc.date.issued2024-08-23
dc.identifier.issn2169-9380
dc.description.abstractEnAbstract Fundamental processes in plasmas act to convert energies into different forms, for example, electromagnetic, kinetic and thermal. Direct derivation from the Vlasov‐Maxwell equation yields sets of equations that describe the temporal evolution of magnetic, kinetic and internal energies in either the monofluid or multifluid frameworks. In this work, we focus on the main terms affecting the changes in kinetic energy. These are pressure‐gradient‐related terms and electromagnetic terms. The former account for plasma acceleration/deceleration from a pressure gradient, while the latter from an electric field. Although limited spatial and temporal deviations are expected, a statistical balance between these terms is fundamental to ensure the overall conservation of energy and momentum. We use in‐situ observations from the Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) mission to study the relationship between these terms. We perform a statistical analysis of those parameters in the context of magnetic reconnection by focusing on small‐scale Electron Diffusion Regions and large‐scale Flux Transfer Events. The analysis reveals a correlation between the two terms in the monofluid force balance, and in the ion force and energy balance. However, the expected relationship cannot be verified from electron measurements. Generally, the pressure‐gradient‐related terms are smaller than their electromagnetic counterparts. We perform an error analysis to quantify the expected underestimation of gradient values as a function of the spacecraft separation compared to the gradient scale. Our findings highlight that MMS is capable of capturing energy and force balance for the ion fluid, but that care should be taken for energy conversion terms based on electron pressure gradients.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Union/Wiley
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/
dc.title.enDirect In‐Situ Estimates of Energy and Force Balance Associated With Magnetopause Reconnection
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.1029/2024JA032754
dc.subject.halPhysique [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]
bordeaux.journalJournal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
bordeaux.volume129
bordeaux.issue8
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-04769720
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceInternationale
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-04769720v1
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