Comparison of multi-point measurements of current sheet structure and analytical models

Current density profiles of 22 thin current sheets, crossed by four Cluster spacecraft in the magnetotail are compared with the self-consistent model of anisotropic 1-D equilibrium, including several species of quasi-adiabatic (transient) ions and drifting electrons. In order to examine ion-scale...

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Main Authors: A. V. Artemyev, A. A. Petrukovich, L. M. Zelenyi, H. V. Malova, V. Y. Popov, R. Nakamura, A. Runov, S. Apatenkov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-09-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/26/2749/2008/angeo-26-2749-2008.pdf