Period and damping factor of Pi2 pulsations during oscillatory flow braking in the magnetotail

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4512-4520

  Panov, E V ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a   Nakamura, R ^a   Kubyshkina, M V ^b   Glassmeier, K H ^c   Angelopoulos, V ^d   Petrukovich, A A ^e   Sergeev, V A ^b  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

BBF; dipolarization front; oscillatory braking; Pi2 pulsations; plasma sheet; reconnection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904640227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JA019633     Document Type: Article

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