Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984esasp.217..111b&link_type=abstract
In ESA Achievements of the Intern. Magnetospheric Study (IMS) p 111-115 (SEE N85-24544 14-46)
Physics
Geomagnetism, International Magnetospheric Study, International Sun Earth Explorer 1, International Sun Earth Explorer 2, Magnetopause, Boundary Layer Plasmas, Magnetic Field Configurations, Thickness, Velocity Measurement
Scientific paper
Dayside magnetopause macroscopic characteristics such as velocities and thicknesses of the boundary and internal magnetic field structure of the current layer were studied by ISEE-1 and 2. The ISEE results suggest that the magnetopause is much thicker than previously thought. A current sheet thicker than several proton gyroradii rules out classical kinetic theories of a magnetopause current layer of the order of the ion gyroradius. Such a thick boundary may explain the failure of theories which predict a unique polarization for the field rotation inside the current sheet.
Berchem Jean
Russell Christopher T.
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