Cluster multi-point observation of the thin current sheets in the magnetotail

Details Cluster multi-point observation of the thin current sheets in the magnetotail Cluster multi-point observation of the thin current sheets in the magnetotail

Dec 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004agufmsm14a..04n&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2004, abstract #SM14A-04

Physics

2708 Current Systems (2409), 2740 Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, 2744 Magnetotail, 2764 Plasma Sheet, 2788 Storms And Substorms

Scientific paper

The current sheet and its dynamics are one of the most essential elements in magnetotail physics. Particulary, thin current sheets with a spatial scale less than a few ion gyro radii are known to play an important role in the energy conversion process in the magnetotail. During the summer 2003, when the tetrahedron scale of Cluster was about 250 km, detailed structures of thin current sheets were resolved using multipoint measurements. We present examples of thin current sheets during different conditions: substorm growth phase, high-speed flows associated with an X line as well as during a period of stagnant plasma, by showing their temporal evolution and the spatial structures and discuss the underlying mechanisms by comparing with relevant theories.

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