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Observation of magnetic reconnection and current sheets in the solar wind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

Pablo R. Muñoz ,
Abraham C.-L. Chian ,
Rodrigo A. Miranda  and
Michio Yamada
Pablo R. Muñoz
Affiliation:
National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos-SP 12227-010, Brazil email: pmunoz@dge.inpe.br
Abraham C.-L. Chian
Affiliation:
National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos-SP 12227-010, Brazil email: pmunoz@dge.inpe.br Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Rodrigo A. Miranda
Affiliation:
National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos-SP 12227-010, Brazil email: pmunoz@dge.inpe.br Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Michio Yamada
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Abstract

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We apply single- and multi-spacecraft techniques to search for currents sheets in the solar wind during the ICME event of 21 January 2005, using the Cluster magnetic field data. Two large-scale currents sheets are detected at the leading boundary of the ICME ejecta using the single-spacecraft technique, which exhibit physical characteristics typical of magnetic reconnection exhausts in the solar wind.

Keywords

Sun: solar windcoronal mass ejections (CMEs)magnetic fields
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S264: Solar and Stellar Variability: Impact on Earth and Planets , August 2009 , pp. 369 - 372
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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