Two types of tangential magnetopause current sheets: Cluster observations and theory

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Dec 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011jgra..11612204p&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 116, Issue A12, CiteID A12204

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Plasma Physics

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Interplanetary Physics: Discontinuities (7811), Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetopause And Boundary Layers, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, Magnetospheric Physics: Numerical Modeling, Space Plasma Physics: Discontinuities (2109)

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Early magnetopause observations revealed that the magnetic field can rotate across tangential current sheets in the form of C-and S-shaped hodograms. We use the four-spacecraft magnetopause crossings by Cluster in order to study the structure of the C- and S-sheets. We show that both current sheets can be described by analytical equilibria. We employ a force-free current sheet equilibrium for description of the C-sheet and develop a new equilibrium to describe the S-sheet. We suggest that both equilibria be used for setting up initial conditions in the next generation of current sheet simulations.

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