Double peak structure and diamagnetic wings of the magnetotail current sheet

Recent Cluster observations in the magnetotail at about 20 Earth radii downtail have unambiguously shown that sometimes the current sheet is bifurcated, i.e. it is divided in two layers. We report numerical simulations of the ion dynamics in a quasi-neutral sheet in the presence of mag...

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Main Authors: G. Zimbardo, A. Greco, P. Veltri, A. L. Taktakishvili, L. M. Zelenyi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2004-07-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/22/2541/2004/angeo-22-2541-2004.pdf