• A. Runov
  • V. A. Sergeev
  • R. Nakamura
  • W. Baumjohann
  • T. L. Zhang
  • Y. Asano
  • M. Volwerk
  • Z. Vörös
  • A. Balogh
  • H. R̀me

In this paper we analyze the vertical structure of the magnetotail current sheet for a few intervals during which Cluster repeatedly crosses the neutral sheet due to fast flapping motion. They include fast flows with episodes of flow reversals. The curl, gradient and divergence of the magnetic field are estimated using linear gradient/curl estimator techniques. The reconstruction of the electric current and magnetic field profiles are performed by integration of the estimated gradient scales. We found examples of thin current sheets, (half-thickness of 1000 km) with the current density maximum at the magnetic equator (Bx = 0), as well as examples of off-center or bifurcated current sheets.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)237-243
Number of pages7
JournalPlanetary and Space Science
Volume53
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
EventConference on Magnetospheric Response to Solar Activity - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 9 Sep 200312 Sep 2003

    Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

    Research areas

  • Bursty bulk flow, Current sheet, Magnetospheric tail, Neutral sheet

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