CONVECTION AND THE FORMATION OF THIN CURRENT SHEETS IN THE NEAR-EARTH PLASMA SHEET

被引：85
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作者：
PRITCHETT, PL
CORONITI, FV
机构：
[1] Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles
来源：
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 1994年 / 21卷 / 15期
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D O I：
10.1029/94GL01364
中图分类号：
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号：
07 ;
摘要：
Particle simulations are used to investigate plasma sheet convection in a realistic near-Earth magnetic field model including dipolelike and taillike regions. Convection leads to the formation of a thin current region characterized by a strong electrostatic potential and a depressed equatorial magnetic field component in which the cross tail current is carried predominantly by the electrons as a result of their E x B and diamagnetic drifts. Implications for the thin current sheets observed in the near-Earth magnetotail during substorm growth phase are discussed.
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页码：1587 / 1590
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