Thin and superthin ion current sheets. Quasi-adiabatic and nonadiabatic models

Thin anisotropic current sheets (CSs) are phenomena of the general occurrence in the magnetospheric tail. We develop an analytical theory of the self-consistent thin CSs. General solitions of the Grad-Shafranov equation are obtained in a quasi-adiabatic approximation which neglects the jumps of the...

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Main Authors: L. M. Zelenyi, M. I. Sitnov, H. V. Malova, A. S. Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2000-01-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/7/127/2000/npg-7-127-2000.pdf