Physics
Scientific paper
May 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989jgr....94.5264s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 94, May 1, 1989, p. 5264-5272. Research sponsored by DOE.
Physics
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Earth Magnetosphere, Plasma Pressure, Geomagnetic Tail, International Sun Earth Explorers, Magnetic Fields, Magnetohydrostatics
Scientific paper
Plasma pressure data from the ISEE 2 fast plasma experiment (FPE) are statistically analyzed to determine the plasma sheet pressure versus distance in the midnight local time sector of the near-earth (12-35 earth radii) magnetotail plasma sheet. In regions where the bulk of the plasma pressure is contributed by particles in the energy range of the FPE (70 eV to 40 keV for ions), the statistically determined peak plasma pressures vary with distance similarly to previously determined lobe magnetic pressures. Estimates of plasma pressures in the 'transition' region (7-12 earth radii), where the magnetic field topology changes rapidly from a dipolar to a taillike configuration, are compared with the observed pressure profiles. Quiet time observations and estimates are combined to provide profiles of the equatorial plasma pressure along the midnight meridian between 2.5 and 35 earth radii.
Galland Kivelson Margaret
McComas David John
Spence Harlan E.
Walker Raymond J.
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