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The Influence of Oxygen Ions on the Formation of a Thin Current Sheet in the Magnetotail
Malova, H. V.; Popov, V. Yu.; Zelenyi, L. M. +2 more
A thin current sheet in the Earth's magnetotail with characteristic thickness of one to several proton gyroradii is often observed during magnetospheric disturbances named substorms, when a relatively thick current configuration in the magnetotail is narrowed to an extremely small thickness and then can spontaneously be destroyed. The current-shee…
Estimation of the Electron Density in the Near 3-4 RE Magnetosphere Based on the Measurement of the Interball-2 Satellite Potential
Smirnova, N. F.; Stanev, G.
A new method is proposed for determining the electron density in rarefied plasma, based on simultaneous measurements of the Interball-2 satellite potential using IESP-2 (electric field instrument) and KM-7 (electron temperature sensor) probe devices. This makes it possible to estimate the photoelectron current density based on a procedure proposed…