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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1027-2018
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27 Jul 2018
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A possible source mechanism for magnetotail current sheet flapping
University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Helsinki, Finland
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Yann Pfau-Kempf
University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Helsinki, Finland
Urs Ganse
University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Helsinki, Finland
Markus Battarbee
University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Helsinki, Finland
Thiago Brito
University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Helsinki, Finland
Maxime Grandin
University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Helsinki, Finland
Lucile Turc
University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Helsinki, Finland
Minna Palmroth
University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Helsinki, Finland
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Solar Wind Directional Change Triggering Flapping Motions of the Current Sheet: MMS Observations G. Wang et al. 10.1029/2018GL080023
- The transition from “double-gradient” to ballooning unstable mode in bent magnetotail-like current sheet D. Korovinskiy et al. 10.1063/1.5119096
- Vlasov simulation of electrons in the context of hybrid global models: an eVlasiator approach M. Battarbee et al. 10.5194/angeo-39-85-2021
- Current sheet bending as destabilizing factor in magnetotail dynamics D. Korovinskiy et al. 10.1063/1.5046175
- Ion distribution functions in magnetotail reconnection: global hybrid-Vlasov simulation results A. Runov et al. 10.5194/angeo-39-599-2021
- Large‐Amplitude Oscillatory Motion of Mercury's Cross‐Tail Current Sheet G. Poh et al. 10.1029/2020JA027783
- The Flapping Motion of Mercury's Magnetotail Current Sheet: MESSENGER Observations C. Zhang et al. 10.1029/2019GL086011
- Enabling technology for global 3D+3V hybrid-Vlasov simulations of near-Earth space U. Ganse et al. 10.1063/5.0134387
- Hybrid-Vlasov simulation of auroral proton precipitation in the cusps: Comparison of northward and southward interplanetary magnetic field driving M. Grandin et al. 10.1051/swsc/2020053
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- Hybrid-Vlasov modelling of nightside auroral proton precipitation during southward interplanetary magnetic field conditions M. Grandin et al. 10.5194/angeo-37-791-2019
- Field‐Aligned Currents Originating From the Chaotic Motion of Electrons in the Tilted Current Sheet: MMS Observations G. Wang et al. 10.1029/2020GL088841
12 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Solar Wind Directional Change Triggering Flapping Motions of the Current Sheet: MMS Observations G. Wang et al. 10.1029/2018GL080023
- The transition from “double-gradient” to ballooning unstable mode in bent magnetotail-like current sheet D. Korovinskiy et al. 10.1063/1.5119096
- Vlasov simulation of electrons in the context of hybrid global models: an eVlasiator approach M. Battarbee et al. 10.5194/angeo-39-85-2021
- Current sheet bending as destabilizing factor in magnetotail dynamics D. Korovinskiy et al. 10.1063/1.5046175
- Ion distribution functions in magnetotail reconnection: global hybrid-Vlasov simulation results A. Runov et al. 10.5194/angeo-39-599-2021
- Large‐Amplitude Oscillatory Motion of Mercury's Cross‐Tail Current Sheet G. Poh et al. 10.1029/2020JA027783
- The Flapping Motion of Mercury's Magnetotail Current Sheet: MESSENGER Observations C. Zhang et al. 10.1029/2019GL086011
- Enabling technology for global 3D+3V hybrid-Vlasov simulations of near-Earth space U. Ganse et al. 10.1063/5.0134387
- Hybrid-Vlasov simulation of auroral proton precipitation in the cusps: Comparison of northward and southward interplanetary magnetic field driving M. Grandin et al. 10.1051/swsc/2020053
- Comparative Analysis of the Vlasiator Simulations and MMS Observations of Multiple X‐Line Reconnection and Flux Transfer Events M. Akhavan‐Tafti et al. 10.1029/2019JA027410
- Hybrid-Vlasov modelling of nightside auroral proton precipitation during southward interplanetary magnetic field conditions M. Grandin et al. 10.5194/angeo-37-791-2019
- Field‐Aligned Currents Originating From the Chaotic Motion of Electrons in the Tilted Current Sheet: MMS Observations G. Wang et al. 10.1029/2020GL088841
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Short summary
The Earth's magnetic field is shaped by the solar wind. On the dayside the field is compressed and on the nightside it is stretched as a long tail. The tail has been observed to occasionally undergo flapping motions, but the origin of these motions is not understood. We study the flapping using a numerical simulation of the near-Earth space. We present a possible explanation for how the flapping could be initiated by a passing disturbance and then maintained as a standing wave.
The Earth's magnetic field is shaped by the solar wind. On the dayside the field is compressed...
