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Current Sheets with Multicomponent Plasma in Magnetospheres of Planets of the Solar System

Popov, V. Yu.; Petrukovich, A. A.; Grigorenko, E. E. +2 more

A self-consistent hybrid model of a thin current sheet (TCS) with a thickness of the order of several ion gyroradii is proposed that takes into account the multicomponent nature of collisionless space plasma. Several plasma components can be present in the tails of the magnetospheres of terrestrial planets (for example, the Earth, Mercury, Mars, a…

Comparison of Magnetic and Plasma Overshoots of Interplanetary Shocks

Yermolaev, Yu. I.; Eselevich, V. G.; Zastenker, G. N. +2 more

The structure of interplanetary shock fronts was studied based on the data from the BMSW plasma spectrometer, installed on the SPEKTR-R spacecraft, supplemented by magnetic field measurements on the WIND spacecraft. Special attention was paid to periodic growths (overshoots) in the value of the ion flux or magnetic field relative to their mean val…