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A Statistical Study of the Plasma Sheet in the Near and Middle Earth Magnetotail

Pu, Zu-Yin; Fu, Sui-Yan; Shi, Quan-Qi +5 more

Magnetotail plasma sheet is the most active area in Earth's magnetosphere. It has been found that the features of plasma sheet are controlled by the conditions of solar wind and Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF). Some previous statistical studies have found that some parameters of the plasma sheet are dawn-dusk asymmetric. But the thickness of t…