Annales Geophysicae
Annales Geophysicae
ANGEO
Articles | Volume 23, issue 8
Articles | Volume 23, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-23-2909-2005
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Articles | Volume 23, issue 8
08 Nov 2005
 | 08 Nov 2005

Double Star/Cluster observation of neutral sheet oscillations on 5 August 2004

T. L. Zhang, R. Nakamura, M. Volwerk, A. Runov, W. Baumjohann, H. U. Eichelberger, C. Carr, A. Balogh, V. Sergeev, J. K. Shi, and K.-H. Fornacon

Abstract. Previous Cluster observations have shown that the flapping motions of the Earth's magnetotail are of internal origin and that kink-like waves are emitted from the central part of the tail and propagate toward the tail flanks. The newly launched Double Star Program (DSP) TC-1 satellite allows us to investigate neutral sheet at 10-13 Re in the tail. Using conjunctions with Cluster we will have simultaneous observations at 10-13 and 16-19 Re of these flapping motions. In this paper, we present the first results of neutral sheet oscillations observed by the Cluster and Double Star satellites on 5 August 2004.

How to cite. Zhang, T. L., Nakamura, R., Volwerk, M., Runov, A., Baumjohann, W., Eichelberger, H. U., Carr, C., Balogh, A., Sergeev, V., Shi, J. K., and Fornacon, K.-H.: Double Star/Cluster observation of neutral sheet oscillations on 5 August 2004, Ann. Geophys., 23, 2909–2914, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-23-2909-2005, 2005.