The plasma sheet as a shock wave - Geophysical consequences of the hypothesis

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Jan 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....98..143f&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A1, p. 143-151.

Physics

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Current Sheets, Geomagnetic Tail, Shock Wave Interaction, Space Plasmas, Earth Sciences, Electric Fields, Lines Of Force

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It is demonstrated here that plasma convection from the magnetotail toward the earth leads to the formation of shock waves which have detached in the northward and southward directions form the neutral plane of the magnetosphere. It is hypothesized that these shock waves are the plasma sheet boundary. Whether this hypothesis contradicts basic physical principles is investigated, and it is shown that the laws of conservation do not prohibit the existence of shock waves with the required characteristics. Geophysical consequences of the hypothesis are studied using a model which can be used to calculate the shape of the plasma sheet and of the auroral region.

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