Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984jgr....89..217a&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 89, Jan. 1, 1984, p. 217-226.
Physics
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Current Sheets, Field Aligned Currents, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetospheric Electron Density, Plasma Currents, Space Plasmas, Ionospheric Currents, Polar Caps, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
Observations of the location and strength of field-aligned currents are used to create a model of the currents, flows, magnetic topology, and plasma distribution in the outer magnetosphere. Several new factors are incorporated into the model, including the possible existence of a steady state flow at subauroral latitudes and the separation of dipolar flux tubes from inflated taillike flux tubes by the upward current sheet (region I dusk, Harang, region II dawn). The flux tubes convecting earthward from the tail are considered to collapse to a dipolar shape as they convect through the upward current sheet. A significant intrusion of solar wind protons form the dawn flank into the plasma sheet between the region I and II currents is incorporated into the model.
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