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Borg et al. 2005
Borg, A.L., Øieroset, M., Phan, T.D., Mozer, F.S., Pedersen, A., Mouikis, C., McFadden, J.P., Twitty, C., Balogh, A. and Rème, H. (2005). Cluster encounter of a magnetic reconnection diffusion region in the near-Earth magnetotail on September 19, 2003. Geophysical Research Letters 32: doi: 10.1029/2005GL023794. issn: 0094-8276.

We report a clear encounter by the Cluster spacecraft of a magnetic reconnection diffusion region in the near-Earth magnetotail at XGSM = -17.5 RE on September 19, 2003. In addition to the reversals of the plasma jets and of GSM-z (~normal) component of the magnetic field, clear signatures of Hall quadrupolar (GSM-y) magnetic fields as well as bipolar Hall (GSM-z) electric fields with amplitude up to 80 mV/m directed toward the neutral sheet in both hemispheres were observed. Furthermore, large fluctuations in the electric field perpendicular to the magnetic field with amplitudes reaching 65 mV/m were observed near the separatrices in both hemispheres and in association with local density minima.

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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetic reconnection (7526, 7835), Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma sheet, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetotail
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Geophysical Research Letters
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