Observational signatures of nonlinear magnetotail particle dynamics

Details Observational signatures of nonlinear magnetotail particle dynamics Observational signatures of nonlinear magnetotail particle dynamics

Nov 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990georl..17.2237c&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 17, Nov. 1990, p. 2237-2240.

Physics

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Geomagnetic Tail, International Sun Earth Explorers, Magnetic Fields, Nonlinear Systems, Plasma Layers, Scaling Laws, Stochastic Processes, Distribution Functions, Earth Magnetosphere, Resonance, Steady State, Velocity Distribution

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It has been predicted that the nonlinear particle dynamics in the magnetotail leads to a class of resonance structures in the quiet-time ion distribution functions in the central plasma sheet (CPS). These structures exhibit a scaling law of H to the 1/4 power. The first identification of such a scaling law in quiet-time CPS distribution functions obtained aboard ISEE 1 is reported. A method is proposed which uses the observed resonance structures to determine the quiet-time current sheet thickness based on a measurement of the distribution function and magnetic field obtained by one satellite.

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