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AN: SM51B-1302    [Abstracts]
TI: Acceleration and injection of particles inside the magnetosphere changes during duskward IMF By: statistical approach
AU: * Yan, X
EM: yxy@aoi3.cs.tsukuba.ac.jp
AF: University of Tsukuba, CS, TSUKUBA, 305-8573 Japan
AU: Cai, D
EM: cai@is.tsukuba.ac.jp
AF: University of Tsukuba, CS, TSUKUBA, 305-8573 Japan
AU: Lembege, B
EM: lembege@cetp.ipsl.fr
AF: CETP/UVSQ/IPSL, 10-12 Avenue de l'Europe, Velizy, FR-78140 France
AU: Nishikawa, K
EM: ken-Ichi.Nishikawa@nsstc.nasa.gov
AF: National Space Science and Technology Center, Drive, Huntsville, 35805 United States
AB: The change of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) direction from northward to duskward has an important impact on the inner magnetosphere as analyzed in a recent paper [Yan et al, GRL, to appear] . This impact is analyzed with the help of a new parallel version of the global three-dimensional full particle simulation. As the newly duskward-oriented IMF interacts with the magnetosphere, bands of weak magnetic field (sash) move to the equator (within opposite quadrants), reach lower latitude and merge into each other to form characteristic ``Crosstail-S" structures within the neutral sheet of the magnetotail. The analysis of particle fluxes shows that ``sashs" and ``Crosstail-S" act as magnetic groove to facilitate the entry and injection of magnetosheath particles into the inner magnetosphere. Injected particles are accelerated after the IMF changes its direction from northward to duskward. Characteristic times associated to the changes of the particle dynamics are estimated from the simulations. These informations are thought to be helpful as pre-signatures announcing the triggering of magnetic substorms.
UR: http://www.coins.tsukuba.ac.jp/~cai/nara-presentataion.mov
DE: 2723 Magnetic reconnection (7526, 7835)
DE: 2740 Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics
DE: 2753 Numerical modeling
DE: 2784 Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions
SC: SPA-Magnetospheric Physics [SM]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005