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Anomalous interaction of a plasma flow with the boundary layers of a geomagnetic trap

Zhang, H.; Kozak, L.; Amata, E. +14 more

Using the data from the Interball-1, GEOTAIL, THEMIS and CLUSTER satellites, we propose a mechanism of anomalous magnetosheath dynamics. This mechanism yields that plasma boundaries can be locally deformed over distances comparable to its thickness. In particular, the magnetospheric boundary, the magnetopause, is deformed over distances up to a fe…