Kinetic thin current sheets: their formation in relation to magnetotail mesoscale turbulent dynamics

Dynamics of the magnetotail plasma sheet (PS) features nonlinear structures on two totally different scales. There are very thin current sheets (CS) on kinetic scale of the ion gyroradius. And there are intense plasma flow and magnetic field variations on mesoscales (a few earth radii); those ar...

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Main Authors: A. P. Kropotkin, V. I. Domrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-04-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/27/1353/2009/angeo-27-1353-2009.pdf