Cluster observations on the thin current sheet in the magnetotail
A magnetotail event on 15 September 2001 is analyzed, during which the Cluster spacecraft observed both embedding and bifurcation of the Thin Current Sheet (TCS). It is indicated that the ion anisotropy and nongyrotropy are responsible for those new equilibrium features that represent deviations...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2008-05-01
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| Series: | Annales Geophysicae |
| Online Access: | https://www.ann-geophys.net/26/929/2008/angeo-26-929-2008.pdf |