| MESSENGER observations of magnetic reconnection in Mercury's magnetosphere. | |
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PMID: 19407194 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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Solar wind energy transfer to planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres is controlled by magnetic reconnection, a process that determines the degree of connectivity between the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and a planet's magnetic field. During MESSENGER's second flyby of Mercury, a steady southward IMF was observed and the magnetopause was threaded by a strong magnetic field, indicating a reconnection rate ~10 times that typical at Earth. Moreover, a large flux transfer event was observed in the magnetosheath, and a plasmoid and multiple traveling compression regions were observed in Mercury's magnetotail, all products of reconnection. These observations indicate that Mercury's magnetosphere is much more responsive to IMF direction and dominated by the effects of reconnection than that of Earth or the other magnetized planets. |
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James A Slavin; Mario H Acuña; Brian J Anderson; Daniel N Baker; Mehdi Benna; Scott A Boardsen; George Gloeckler; Robert E Gold; George C Ho; Haje Korth; Stamatios M Krimigis; Ralph L McNutt; Jim M Raines; Menelaos Sarantos; David Schriver; Sean C Solomon; Pavel Trávnícek; Thomas H Zurbuchen |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Science (New York, N.Y.) Volume: 324 ISSN: 1095-9203 ISO Abbreviation: Science Publication Date: 2009 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-05-01 Completed Date: 2009-05-13 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404511 Medline TA: Science Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 606-10 Citation Subset: - |
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Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA. james.a.slavin@nasa.gov |
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Science. 2009 May 1;324(5927):597-8
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