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Scientific paper
Dec 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007agufm.p31a0194a&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #P31A-0194
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2740 Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, 2744 Magnetotail, 2764 Plasma Sheet, 5737 Magnetospheres (2756)
Scientific paper
Cassini observations in Saturn's magnetotail during 2006 show evidence of periodic encounters with the plasma and current sheet. In this talk we discuss these encounters as observed by the Cassini magnetometer (MAG) and electron spectrometer (ELS). We emphasise that the tail observations can simply be interpreted in terms of periodic vertical oscillations of the sheet, obviating the need for a sub-corotating plume structure as advocated by some authors. Furthermore, many encounters with the sheet are "double-peaked" which can also be simply explained by the vertical oscillation paradigm. We explore these vertical oscillations, consider simple structural models to fit the observations, and compare our results with data from other instruments (e.g., Carbary et al. 2007).
Andre Nicolas
Arridge Christopher S.
Coates Andrew J.
Dougherty K. M. K. M.
Khurana Krishan K.
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