Kink mode oscillation of the current sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Volwerk, M ^a,b   Glassmeier, K H ^c   Runov, A ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a   Nakamura, R ^a   Zhang, T L ^a   Klecker, B ^b   Balogh, A ^d   Reme H ^e  

^a Inst fur Weltraumforschung der OAW ^*  (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetotail; MHD waves and instabilities; Plasma sheet

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETOACOUSTIC EFFECTS; SIMULATION; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; STORMS; VELOCITY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA SHEATHS;

SUBSTORMS; CLUSTER SPACECRAFT; CURRENT SHEETS; MAGNETOTAILS; MHD WAVES; PLASMA SHEET; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; THIN CURRENT SHEET; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0043192750     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016467     Document Type: Article

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