Frontiers in magnetospheric plasma physics : celebrating 10 years of Geotail operation : proceedings of the 16th COSPAR Colloquium held at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Kanagawa, Japan, July 24-26, 2002

Content: Preface Pages v-vi Masahiro Hoshino, Yoshiharu Omura, Louis. J. Lanzerotti Ten Years of Geotail and its Current Status: A Brief Summary Original Research Article Pages 1-5 T. Mukai Cluster: New View on the Boundaries of the Magnetosphere Original Research Article Pages 9-18 C.P. Escoubet, M. Fehringer The Structure of the Plasma Sheet Under Northward IMF Original Research Article Pages 19-27 M. Fujimoto, T. Mukai, S. Kokubun Geotail Observations of the Cold Plasma Sheet on the Duskside Magnetotail Original Research Article Pages 28-33 M.N. Nishino, T. Terasawa, M. Hoshino The Dawn-Dusk Asymmetry in Magnetosheath and the Leakage of Energetic Electrons: The Geotail Observation Original Research Article Pages 34-37 S. Imada, M. Hoshino, T. Mukai Electron Inertia Effects in an MHD-Scale Kelvin-Helmholtz Vortex Original Research Article Pages 38-42 T.K. M. Nakamura, M. Pujimoto On Ion Properties within the Subsolar Magnetopause Current Layer under the Northward and Southward IMF Original Research Article Pages 43-47 M. Nowada, T. Sakurai, T. Mukai Influence of Solar Wind on Source of Ring Current Plasma Original Research Article Pages 48-53 M. Nos/'e, R.W. McEntire, S.P. Christon Relationship Between Plasma and Magnetic Field Parameters in the Distant Plasma Sheet Original Research Article Pages 54-63 Oleg Troshichev Compressional Variations Propagating in the Distant Tail Observed by Geotail on October 2, 1994 Original Research Article Pages 64-70 Ayako Matsuoka Dayside Outer Magnetosphere ULF Waves Observed by Geotail Original Research Article Pages 71-74 T. Sakurai, Y. Tonegawa, Y. Shinkai, M. Nowada Application of Spacecraft Potential to Investigate the Distribution of Low-Energy Plasma in Magnetosphere Original Research Article Pages 75-78 K. Ishisaka, T. Okada, H. Hayakawa, T. Mukai, H. Matsumoto Geotail Study of Comparison between the Double-Probe Electric Fields and the Convection Electric Fields in the Distant Tail Original Research Article Pages 79-84 Y. Takei, T. Mukai, Y. Saito, H. Hayakawa, K. Tsuruda Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetotail: Review of the Japanese Contribution with the Spacecraft Geotail Original Research Article Pages 87-99 T. Nagai Bifurcated Thin Current Sheets in the Earth's Magnetosphere: Comparison of Model and “In Situ” Observations Original Research Article Pages 100-107 L.M. Zelenyi, H.V. Malova, V.Yu. Popov, D.C. Delcourt, A.S. Sharma Stratified Current Sheet During Plasma Sheet Thinning Original Research Article Pages 108-112 M. Hoshino Kinetic Instabilities in a Thin Current Sheet Original Research Article Pages 113-122 A.T. Y. Lui Formation of Thin Electron Current Layer Associated with Lower Hybrid Drift Instability and its Relation to Quick Reconnection Triggering Original Research Article Pages 123-129 I. Shinohara, M. Fujimoto Effects of guide field in three-dimensional magnetic reconnection Original Research Article Pages 130-134 C. Hashimoto, R. TanDokoro, M. Pujimoto Computer Simulations on the Spontaneous Fast Reconnection Evolution in Three Dimensions Original Research Article Pages 135-138 K. Kondoh, M. Ugai, T. Shimizu Supersonic and Subsonic Expansion Acceleration Mechanisms in Fast Magnetic Reconnection Original Research Article Pages 139-142 T. Shimizu, M. Ugai Instability at the Leading Edge of a Reconnection Jet Original Research Article Pages 143-146 R. TanDokoro, M. Fujimoto Solar Flares and Magnetic Reconnection Original Research Article Pages 147-157 T. Yokoyama Types of Auroral-Zone Disturbances: Current Status on Identification and Understanding Original Research Article Pages 161-171 L.R. Lyons Geotail-Polar Observation of Substorm-Time Field Increase in the Tail and the Polar Magnetosphere Original Research Article Pages 172-176 H. Kawano, C.T. Russell, G. Rostoker, G. Le, G.K. Parks, Y. Saito, T. Mukai Plasma Sheet Expansion Observed by Cluster and Geotail Original Research Article Pages 177-185 R. Nakamura, W. Baumjohann, H. Noda, K. Torkar, T. Nagai, M. Fujimoto, T. Mukai, B. Klecker, G. Paschmann, P. Puhl-Quinn, H. Vaith, J. Bogdanova, A. Balogh, H. Rème, J.A. Sauvaud, J. Quinn, R. Torbert, L. Kistler Difference between Earthward and Tailward Flows in Their Dependences on Geomagnetic and IMF Conditions Original Research Article Pages 186-189 A. Ieda, T. Mukai, S. Machida, J.-H. Shue, S.-I. Ohtani, T. Nagai, Y. Saito The Loading-Unloading Process in the Magnetotail During a Prolonged Steady Southward IMF Bz Period Original Research Article Pages 190-193 T. Nagai, R. Nakamura, T. Hori, S. Kokubun Magnetotail Deflation: Geotail Observations Original Research Article Pages 194-197 H. Nakai, Y. Kamide Comparison of Energetic Ion Composition between Ring Current and Plasma Sheet Original Research Article Pages 198-202 M. Nosé, R.W. McEntire, S.P. Christon Geotail, Polar, and Wind Observations of Auroral Kilometric Radiation Original Research Article Pages 205-219 Roger R. Anderson, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Kozo Hashimoto, Hirotsugu Kojima, Yasumasa Kasaba, Michael L. Kaiser, Jean-Louis Bougeret, Jean-Louis Steinberg, Gordon Rostoker Occultations of Auroral Kilometric Radiation in the Vicinity of the Earth Original Research Article Pages 220-223 K.T. Murata, W. Kurth, K. Hashimoto, H. Matsumoto Lobe Trapped Continuum Radiation Generated in the Distant Magnetotail Original Research Article Pages 224-227 H. Takano, I. Nagano, S. Yagitani, H. Matsumoto Whistler Mode Chorus Observed Around the Plasmapause During Magnetic Storms Original Research Article Pages 228-234 Y. Kasahara, H. Uchiyama, Y. Goto Magnetospheric Active Wave Measurements Original Research Article Pages 235-246 P. Song, B.W. Reinisch, X. Huang, J.L. Green 2 f p Radio Source in Geotail Observations and Numerical Simulations ~Microscopic View~ Original Research Article Pages 247-250 Y. Kasaba, H. Matsumoto, Y. Omura, T. Mukai Weak Langmuir Turbulence Original Research Article Pages 251-260 Peter H. Yoon New Non-Stochastic Acceleration in Multi-Component Plasmas Original Research Article Pages 261-264 T. Mizuta, M. Hoshino Geotail Observations of Solar Wind and Interplanetary Phenomena Original Research Article Pages 267-280 T. Terasawa Whistler Waves in Upstream Region of Interplanetary Shocks Original Research Article Pages 281-284 K. Nakata, T. Terasawa, N. Shimada, L Shinohara, Y. Saito, T. Mukai Wave-Particle Interaction in the Bastille Shock of Year 2000 Original Research Article Pages 285-288 K. Igarashi, T. Terasawa, T. Mukai, Y. Saito, K. Bamert, R. Kallenbach, B. Klecker Particle-Field Dynamics in the Shock Transition Region Original Research Article Pages 289-292 N. Shimada, M. Hoshino Electrostatic Quasi-Monochromatic Waves Downstream of the Bow Shock: Geotail Observations Original Research Article Pages 293-296 K. Shin, H. Kojima, H. Matsumoto, T. Mukai Geomagnetic Activity Dependence of Occurrence Probability and Spatial Distribution of Upstream Events Original Research Article Pages 297-300 K. Keika, M. Nose, S.P. Christon, R.W. McEntire Enhancement of Sunward Double-Probe Electric Fields Observed by Geotail During the Solar Flare Original Research Article Pages 301-305 Y. Takei, T. Terasawa, M. Nakamura, T. Mukai, H. Hayakawa, A. Matsuoka, H. Takasaki, K. Shibata Quest for Waves Excited by Interstellar Helium Pickup Ions Original Research Article Pages 306-309 M. Oka, T. Terasawa Author Index Pages 311-312 This COSPAR Colloquium Series deals with the main achievements that were accomplished through the collaborative efforts among ISTP participants; the plasma dynamics of magnetic reconnection in a thin plasma sheet, the action of the solar wind on the plasma population in the plasma sheet and around the magnetotail boundary layer, the relationship between the substrom expansion region and the X-line formation in the magnetotail, and the temporal evolution of the dipolarization from from the near-Earth to the distant tail