Articles | Volume 34, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-739-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-739-2016
Regular paper
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13 Sep 2016
Regular paper |  | 13 Sep 2016

Current sheet flapping in the near-Earth magnetotail: peculiarities of propagation and parallel currents

Egor V. Yushkov, Anton V. Artemyev, Anatoly A. Petrukovich, and Rumi Nakamura

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Cluster Science Archive ESA http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/csa

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In the paper we study flapping wave structures, generated in the neutral plane of the Earth magnetotail. Investigated flapping is an important process of magnetosphere dynamics, connected with magnetic energy transformation and magnetic storm formation. Large separation of Cluster spacecraft allows us to estimate both local and global properties of flapping current sheets, the typical flapping times and propagation directions.