Average plasma sheet polytropic index as observed by THEMIS

Multi-spacecraft data from the years 2008 to 2015 of the THEMIS mission particularly in the near-Earth plasma sheet are used in order to empirically determine the polytropic index in the quiet and active time magnetotail. The results of a number of previous studies in the 1990s can be confirmed....

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Päätekijät: D. Frühauff, J. Z. D. Mieth, K.-H. Glassmeier
Aineistotyyppi: Artikkeli
Kieli:English
Julkaistu: Copernicus Publications 2017-02-01
Sarja:Annales Geophysicae
Linkit:https://www.ann-geophys.net/35/253/2017/angeo-35-253-2017.pdf