Investigating the anatomy of magnetosheath jets – MMS observations
Tomas Karlsson,Ferdinand Plaschke,Heli Hietala,Martin Archer,Xóchitl Blanco-Cano,Primož Kajdič,Per-Arne Lindqvist,Göran Marklund,and Daniel J. Gershman
Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, 603 Charles E.
Young Drive East, Slichter Hall 6844D, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA
We have studied fast plasma jets outside of Earth’s magnetic environment. Such jets are small-scale structures with a limited lifetime, which may be important in determining the properties of the near-Earth space environment, due to their concentrated kinetic energy. We have used data from the NASA Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) satellites to study their properties in detail, to understand how these jets are formed. We have found evidence that there are at least two different types of jets.
We have studied fast plasma jets outside of Earth’s magnetic environment. Such jets are...