Crescent-shaped electron velocity distribution functions formed at the edges of plasma jets interacting with a tangential discontinuity

Voitcu, Gabriel; Echim, Marius

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1521-2018

Articles | Volume 36, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1521-2018

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1521-2018

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

Articles | Volume 36, issue 6

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14 Nov 2018

Regular paper |

| 14 Nov 2018

Crescent-shaped electron velocity distribution functions formed at the edges of plasma jets interacting with a tangential discontinuity

Gabriel Voitcu and Marius Echim

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

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RC1: 'Suggestions for improvement', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee #1 comments', Gabriel Voitcu, 23 Oct 2018
RC2: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Oct 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee #2 comments', Gabriel Voitcu, 23 Oct 2018
  - RC3: 'Second review', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Oct 2018
    - AC3: 'Reply to Referee #2 comment', Gabriel Voitcu, 26 Oct 2018

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (29 Oct 2018) by Elias Roussos

AR by Gabriel Voitcu on behalf of the Authors (29 Oct 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (30 Oct 2018) by Elias Roussos

AR by Gabriel Voitcu on behalf of the Authors (30 Oct 2018)

Short summary

The frontal region of Earth's magnetic shield, the magnetopause, is very often impacted by high-speed jets of solar origin that can trigger multiple geophysical effects. Our study brings novel results that contribute to understanding the dynamics of such structures. We performed advanced simulations and demonstrate the formation of a peculiar particle distribution of the energy (the crescent-shaped electron distribution) at the edges of plasma jets interacting with the magnetopause.