Electric current and magnetic field geometry in flapping magnetotail current sheets

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1391-1403

  Runov, Andrei ^a   Sergeev, V A ^b   Baumjohann, W ^a   Nakamura, R ^a   Apatenkov, S ^b   Asano, Y ^a   Volwerk, M ^a,f   Voros Z ^a   Zhang, T L ^a   Petrukovich, A ^c   Balogh, A ^d   Sauvaud, J A ^e   Klecker, B ^f   Reme H ^e  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IRAP   (France)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetotail; plasma sheet)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTAIL;

EID: 23744455979     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1391-2005     Document Type: Article

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