A possible source mechanism for magnetotail current sheet flapping

Juusola, Liisa; Pfau-Kempf, Yann; Ganse, Urs; Battarbee, Markus; Brito, Thiago; Grandin, Maxime; Turc, Lucile; Palmroth, Minna

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1027-2018

Articles | Volume 36, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1027-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1027-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 36, issue 4

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27 Jul 2018

Regular paper |

| 27 Jul 2018

A possible source mechanism for magnetotail current sheet flapping

Liisa Juusola, Yann Pfau-Kempf, Urs Ganse, Markus Battarbee, Thiago Brito, Maxime Grandin, Lucile Turc, and Minna Palmroth

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Final revised paper (published on 27 Jul 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 25 May 2018)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Article review for “A source mechanism for magnetotail current sheet flapping” by Juusola et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Jun 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee #1', Liisa Juusola, 26 Jun 2018
  - RC3: 'Reply to authors' response for “A source mechanism for magnetotail current sheet flapping” by Juusola et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Jun 2018
    - AC4: 'Final response', Yann Pfau-Kempf, 11 Jul 2018
  - RC4: 'Reply to authors' response for “A source mechanism for magnetotail current sheet flapping” by Juusola et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Jun 2018
    - AC5: 'Final response', Yann Pfau-Kempf, 11 Jul 2018
RC2: 'Report on < A source mechanism for magnetotail current sheet flapping> by Juusola et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Jun 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee #2', Liisa Juusola, 26 Jun 2018
  - RC5: 'reply to authors', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Jun 2018
    - AC3: 'Reply to Referee #2', Liisa Juusola, 27 Jun 2018
      - RC6: 'reply to authors', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Jun 2018
        
        AC6: 'Final response', Yann Pfau-Kempf, 11 Jul 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (12 Jul 2018) by Anna Milillo

AR by Yann Pfau-Kempf on behalf of the Authors (12 Jul 2018) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The Earth's magnetic field is shaped by the solar wind. On the dayside the field is compressed and on the nightside it is stretched as a long tail. The tail has been observed to occasionally undergo flapping motions, but the origin of these motions is not understood. We study the flapping using a numerical simulation of the near-Earth space. We present a possible explanation for how the flapping could be initiated by a passing disturbance and then maintained as a standing wave.