Bi-directional electrons in the near-Earth plasma sheet [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 2003 We have studied the occurrence characteristics of bi-directional electron pitch angle anisotropy (enhanced flux in field-aligned directions, F^ /F|| > 1.5) at energies of 0.1–30 keV using plasma and magnetic field data from the AMPTE/IRM ...
K. Shiokawa, W. Baumjohann, G. Paschmann
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Solar wind-magnetosphere coupling and the distant magnetotail: ISEE-3 observations [PDF]
, 1985 ISEE-3 Geotail observations are used to investigate the relationship between the interplanetary magnetic field, substorm activity, and the distant magnetotail.
Akasofu, S. I. +6 more
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Wavelet analysis of magnetic turbulence in the Earth's plasma sheet
, 2004 Recent studies provide evidence for the multi-scale nature of magnetic turbulence in the plasma sheet. Wavelet methods represent modern time series analysis techniques suitable for the description of statistical characteristics of multi-scale turbulence.
Balogh, A. +6 more
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Analytical Description of Steady Magnetic Reconnection in Hall Magnetohydrodynamics [PDF]
, 2009 Steady magnetic reconnection in the framework of incompressible Hall magnetohydrodynamics is considered. The principal role of the Hall effect in the formation of the structure of the reconnecting current sheet is emphasized.
Bagi, Zsolt, Beleznai, Tímea
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Richtmyer-Meshkov Type Instability of a Current Sheet in a Relativistically Magnetized Plasma
, 2012 Linear stability of a current sheet that is subject to an impulsive acceleration due to a shock passage is studied with the effect of guide magnetic field.
Inoue, Tsuyoshi
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Self-regulation of the reconnecting current layer in relativistic pair plasma reconnection [PDF]
, 2008 We investigate properties of the reconnecting current layer in relativistic pair plasma reconnection. We found that the current layer self-regulates its thickness when the current layer runs out current carriers, and so relativistic reconnection retains ...
Hesse, M., Zenitani, S.
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Comparative Analysis of the Primary Drivers of Plasma Sheet Electron Precipitation
Geophysical Research LettersPlasma sheet electron precipitation into Earth's atmosphere plays a key role in magnetosphere–ionosphere coupling at auroral latitudes. Such precipitation can be driven by four primary mechanisms that scatter equatorial electrons into the loss cone ...
Xiao‐Jia Zhang, Anton Artemyev
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Cluster EDI convection measurements across the high-latitude plasma sheet boundary at midnight [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 2001 We examine two crossings of three Cluster satellites from the polar cap into the high-latitude plasma sheet at midnight local time, using data from the Electron Drift Instrument (EDI).
J. M. Quinn +17 more
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Frontiers in Astronomy and Space SciencesThe solar wind and its embedded magnetic field, the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) together with magnetic reconnection power the large-scale plasma and magnetic flux circulation in the Earth’s magnetosphere-ionosphere system.
Timo Pitkänen +3 more
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Shear flow instabilities in the earth's plasma sheet region [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 1994 Shear flow instability arising from the velocity shear between the inner and the outer central plasma sheet regions is studied by treating the plasma as compressible.
S. Kalra, G. S. Lakhina
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