On double current layers in the polar cusp

Details On double current layers in the polar cusp On double current layers in the polar cusp

Jan 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975jgr....80..201b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 80, Jan. 1, 1975, p. 201, 202. Danish National Science Research Council

Physics

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Current Sheets, Ion Currents, Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, Magnetic Storms, Polar Caps, Polar Cusps, Shear Flow, Earth Magnetosphere, Field Aligned Currents, Magnetic Measurement, Ogo-5, Plasma Turbulence, Satellite Observation

Scientific paper

Magnetic-field measurements by OGO 5 in the polar cusp have been analyzed in terms of paired, field-aligned current sheets which are associated with strong wave activity. According to the proposed explanation, a Kelvin-Helmholtz instability resulting from ion shear flow produces large-amplitude waves which give rise to the double current sheets. This is an example of a situation in which currents can arise as a consequence of a plasma instability.

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