Planetary period modulations of Saturn's magnetotail current sheet: A simple illustrative mathematical model
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DOI: 10.1002/2016ja023367
Abstract: We mathematically model the modulation effects on Saturn's equatorial magnetotail and magnetodisk current sheet produced by the combined magnetic field perturbations of the northern and southern planetary period oscillation (PPO) systems, specifically north-south displacements associated… read more here.
Keywords: north south; field; sheet; current sheet ... See more keywords
MAVEN observations of tail current sheet flapping at Mars
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DOI: 10.1002/2016ja023488
Abstract: The Martian magnetotail is a complex regime through which atmospheric particles are lost to space. Our current understanding of Mars’ tail continues to develop with the comprehensive particle and field data collected by Mars Atmosphere… read more here.
Keywords: kink like; tail current; sheet flapping; sheet ... See more keywords
An Electron-Scale Current Sheet Without Bursty Reconnection Signatures Observed in the Near-Earth Tail
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DOI: 10.1002/2017gl076330
Abstract: Observations of a current sheet as thin as the electron scale are extremely rare in the near-Earth magnetotail. By measurement from the novel Magnetospheric Multiscale mission in the near-Earth mag ... read more here.
Keywords: scale current; electron scale; current sheet; near earth ... See more keywords
Coupling between Mercury and its nightside magnetosphere: Cross‐tail current sheet asymmetry and substorm current wedge formation
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DOI: 10.1002/2017ja024266
Abstract: We analyzed MESSENGER magnetic field and plasma measurements taken during 319 crossings of Mercury's cross-tail current sheet. We found that the measured BZ in the current sheet is higher on the dawn-side than the dusk-side… read more here.
Keywords: tail current; cross tail; current sheet; mercury ... See more keywords
Electron Energization at a Reconnecting Magnetosheath Current Sheet
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DOI: 10.1029/2018gl078660
Abstract: We present observations of electron energization within a sub-ion-scale magnetosheath current sheet (CS). A number of signatures indicate ongoing reconnection, including the thickness of the CS (∼0 ... read more here.
Keywords: electron energization; magnetosheath current; energization reconnecting; current sheet ... See more keywords
The Periodic Flapping and Breathing of Saturn's Magnetodisk During Equinox
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DOI: 10.1029/2018ja025764
Abstract: Periodic variations have been observed in many field and particle properties in Saturn's magnetosphere, modulated at a period close to the planetary rotation rate. Magnetic field observations by Cassini's magnetometer instrument suggest that in the… read more here.
Keywords: field; saturn; model; current sheet ... See more keywords
Configuration of the Earth’s Magnetotail Current Sheet
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DOI: 10.1029/2020gl092153
Abstract: The spatial scale and intensity of Earth’s magnetotail current sheet determine the magnetotail configuration, which is critical to one of the most energetically powerful phenomena in the Earth’s magnetosphere, substorms. In the absence of statistical… read more here.
Keywords: earth magnetotail; current sheet; magnetotail current; current sheets ... See more keywords
Fast plasmoid-mediated reconnection in a solar flare
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28269-w
Abstract: Magnetic reconnection is a multi-faceted process of energy conversion in astrophysical, space and laboratory plasmas that operates at microscopic scales but has macroscopic drivers and consequences. Solar flares present a key laboratory for its study,… read more here.
Keywords: reconnection; fast plasmoid; flare; current sheet ... See more keywords
Dynamic mitigation of the tearing mode instability in a collisionless current sheet
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91111-8
Abstract: Dynamic mitigation for the tearing mode instability in the current sheet in collisionless plasmas is demonstrated by applying a wobbling electron current beam. The initial small amplitude modulations imposed on the current sheet induce the… read more here.
Keywords: mitigation tearing; mode instability; dynamic mitigation; sheet ... See more keywords
Pulsar current sheet Cerenkov radiation
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DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201732184
Abstract: Plasma-filled pulsar magnetospheres contain thin current sheets wherein the charged particles are accelerated by magnetic reconnections to travel at ultra-relativistic speeds. On the other hand, the plasma frequency of the more regular force-free regions of… read more here.
Keywords: radio; pulsar current; cerenkov radiation; current sheet ... See more keywords
Prevalence of magnetic reconnection in the near-Sun heliospheric current sheet
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DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039863
Abstract: During three of its first five orbits around the Sun, Parker Solar Probe (PSP) crossed the large-scale heliospheric current sheet (HCS) multiple times and provided unprecedented detailed plasma and field observations of the near-Sun HCS.… read more here.
Keywords: heliospheric current; near sun; hcs; current sheet ... See more keywords