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On the horizontal currents over the Martian magnetic cusp

Withers, Paul; Majeed, Tariq; AlMutawa, Shahd A. +4 more

Localized crustal magnetization over heavily cratered southern hemisphere at Mars gives rise to open magnetic field configurations which interact with the solar wind magnetic field to form magnetic cusp. The downward acceleration of energetic electrons in these cusps can produce aurora and an extended topside ionospheric structure over regions of …