Energetic Neutral Atom Imaging of the Earth’s Ring Current and Some Results from the Chinese Double Star Program

The ring current region in the Earth’s magnetosphere contains energetic charged particles, which are injected from the magnetotail, get trapped in the inner magnetosphere, and finally drift around the Earth. The current, essentially carried by ions, is caused by the differences between the drift of...

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Main Authors: Zhiqing Chen, Chao Shen, Qiong Wu, Li Lu, Xianguo Zhang, Qinglong Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Magnetochemistry
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2312-7481/9/1/29