The distant magnetotail's response to a strong interplanetary magnetic field By: Twisting, flattening, and field line bending
D. G. Sibeck, G. L. Siscoe, J. A. Slavin, E. J. Smith, B. T. Tsurutani, R. P. Lepping
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of California at Los Angelos
Abstract:
During an interval of strong interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) By, while ISEE 3 was in the distant magnetotail, the north lobe was observed south of the ecliptic plane. Lobe field lines were strongly bent in the direction of the IMF, and a dense boundary layer plasma was observed. During the interval, magnetopause normals pointed in the z direction, although ISEE 3 was near the dawnside ecliptic plane. The observations are interpreted in terms of field line bending within a twisted and flattened magnetotail.
J. Geophys. Res., 90, No. A5, 4011-4019, May 1985