Thin Current Sheets in the Magnetotail Observed by Cluster

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Feb 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006ssrv..122...29n&link_type=abstract

Space Science Reviews, Volume 122, Issue 1-4, pp. 29-38

Physics

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Magnetotail, Current Sheet, Plasma Sheet, Reconnection, Cluster

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The dynamics of the current sheet is one of the most essential elements in magnetotail physics. Particularly, thin current sheets, which we define here as those with a thickness of less than several ion inertia lengths, are known to play an important role in the energy conversion process in the magnetotail. With its capability of multi-point observation, Cluster succeeded to obtain the current density continuously and therefore identify structures of thin current sheets. We discuss characteristics of the thin current sheets by showing their temporal evolution and the spatial structures based on several Cluster observations.

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