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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2004-07-01
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Series: | Annales Geophysicae |
Online Access: | https://www.ann-geophys.net/22/2541/2004/angeo-22-2541-2004.pdf |