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Flux transfer event observation at Saturn's dayside magnetopause by the Cassini spacecraft

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Flux transfer event observation at Saturn's dayside magnetopause by the Cassini spacecraft. / Jasinski, Jamie M.; Slavin, James A.; Arridge, Christopher S. et al.
In: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 43, 06.07.2016.

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Jasinski, JM, Slavin, JA, Arridge, CS, Poh, G, Jia, X, Sergis, N, Jones, GH, Waite, JH & Coates, AJ 2016, 'Flux transfer event observation at Saturn's dayside magnetopause by the Cassini spacecraft', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 43. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069260

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Jasinski, J. M., Slavin, J. A., Arridge, C. S., Poh, G., Jia, X., Sergis, N., Jones, G. H., Waite, J. H., & Coates, A. J. (2016). Flux transfer event observation at Saturn's dayside magnetopause by the Cassini spacecraft. Geophysical Research Letters, 43. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069260

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Jasinski JM, Slavin JA, Arridge CS, Poh G, Jia X, Sergis N et al. Flux transfer event observation at Saturn's dayside magnetopause by the Cassini spacecraft. Geophysical Research Letters. 2016 Jul 6;43. Epub 2016 May 16. doi: 10.1002/2016GL069260

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Jasinski, Jamie M. ; Slavin, James A. ; Arridge, Christopher S. et al. / Flux transfer event observation at Saturn's dayside magnetopause by the Cassini spacecraft. In: Geophysical Research Letters. 2016 ; Vol. 43.

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title = "Flux transfer event observation at Saturn's dayside magnetopause by the Cassini spacecraft",
abstract = "We present the first observation of a flux rope at Saturn's dayside magnetopause. This is an important result because it shows that the Saturnian magnetopause is conducive to multiple X-line reconnection and flux rope generation. Minimum variance analysis shows that the magnetic signature is consistent with a flux rope. The magnetic observations were well fitted to a constant-α force-free flux rope model. The radius and magnetic flux content of the rope are estimated to be 4600–8300 km and 0.2–0.8 MWb, respectively. Cassini also observed five traveling compression regions (remote signatures of flux ropes), in the adjacent magnetosphere. The magnetic flux content is compared to other estimates of flux opening via reconnection at Saturn.",
author = "Jasinski, {Jamie M.} and Slavin, {James A.} and Arridge, {Christopher S.} and Gangkai Poh and Xianzhe Jia and Nick Sergis and Jones, {Geraint H.} and Waite, {J. Hunter} and Coates, {A. J.}",
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AU - Jasinski, Jamie M.

AU - Slavin, James A.

AU - Arridge, Christopher S.

AU - Poh, Gangkai

AU - Jia, Xianzhe

AU - Sergis, Nick

AU - Jones, Geraint H.

AU - Waite, J. Hunter

AU - Coates, A. J.

PY - 2016/7/6

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N2 - We present the first observation of a flux rope at Saturn's dayside magnetopause. This is an important result because it shows that the Saturnian magnetopause is conducive to multiple X-line reconnection and flux rope generation. Minimum variance analysis shows that the magnetic signature is consistent with a flux rope. The magnetic observations were well fitted to a constant-α force-free flux rope model. The radius and magnetic flux content of the rope are estimated to be 4600–8300 km and 0.2–0.8 MWb, respectively. Cassini also observed five traveling compression regions (remote signatures of flux ropes), in the adjacent magnetosphere. The magnetic flux content is compared to other estimates of flux opening via reconnection at Saturn.

AB - We present the first observation of a flux rope at Saturn's dayside magnetopause. This is an important result because it shows that the Saturnian magnetopause is conducive to multiple X-line reconnection and flux rope generation. Minimum variance analysis shows that the magnetic signature is consistent with a flux rope. The magnetic observations were well fitted to a constant-α force-free flux rope model. The radius and magnetic flux content of the rope are estimated to be 4600–8300 km and 0.2–0.8 MWb, respectively. Cassini also observed five traveling compression regions (remote signatures of flux ropes), in the adjacent magnetosphere. The magnetic flux content is compared to other estimates of flux opening via reconnection at Saturn.

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JO - Geophysical Research Letters

JF - Geophysical Research Letters

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