How typical are atypical current sheets?

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Feb 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005georl..3203108a&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 3, CiteID L03108

Physics

37

Magnetospheric Physics: Field-Aligned Currents And Current Systems (2409), Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetotail, Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma Sheet

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Using multi-satellite Cluster magnetic field data, we statistically examined how often an atypical, i.e., non-Harris type, current sheet is formed. We found that a cross-tail current sheet with an off-equatorial current density maximum, indicating bifurcation, is frequently formed in thin current sheets with a half thickness of ~1500 km. The occurrence of off-equatorial current density maxima is correlated with the occurrence of fast plasma flows, namely if fast plasma flows occur nearby, one is more likely to observe off-equatorial current density maxima. We also found that many of the center-peaked current sheets exhibit a feature different from a normal Harris sheet: namely a very intense current concentrated near the equatorial plane, embedded in a broader current sheet with lower current density.

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