HR: 1340h
AN: SM33B-0447    [Abstracts]
TI: Fast Flows and Flux Tube Properties
AU: * Kaufmann, R L
EM: dick.kaufmann@unh.edu
AF: University of NH, Dept. of Physics 9 Library Way, Durham, NH 03824 United States
AU: Paterson, W R
EM: bill.paterson@hamptonu.edu
AF: Hampton University, Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Hampton, VA 23668 United States
AU: Frank, L A
EM: louis-frank@uiowa.edu
AF: University of Iowa, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, IA 52242 United States
AB: Previous studies have shown that plasma sheet flux tubes that are drifting rapidly are more dipolar and contain a hotter, lower density, higher entropy plasma than slowly drifting flux tubes. The present study extends the investigation of differences between slow and fast flows by integrating throughout unit flux tubes to evaluate their volume and plasma content. These then are used to calculate other parameters involving flux tube volume. The spatial dependence of these integrated parameters will be illustrated during periods of fast, slow, and average flow speeds. The major effects of fast flows on the average spatial variations of plasma sheet parameters are then examined.
DE: 2744 Magnetotail
DE: 2760 Plasma convection (2463)
DE: 2764 Plasma sheet
SC: SPA-Magnetospheric Physics [SM]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005