The features of the ion plasma pressure distributions in the near Earth plasma sheet

Kirpichev I.P.; Antonova E.E.; Borodkova, N.L.; Budnik, E. Yu.; Lutsenko, V.N.; Morozova, E. I.; Pisarenko, N. F.; Yermolaev, Yu.I.

Keywords: magnetosphere, plasma sheet, Magnetospheric plasma pressure, INTERBALL/Tail probe

Abstract

Simultaneous observations of CORALL, DOK-2 and ELECTRON instruments onboard the Interball/Tail probe allow us to restore the plasma pressure distribution at the geocentric distances of 8–15RE with a rather high accuracy. Obtained profiles of the plasma pressure are compared with the tail plasma pressure model by Tsyganenko and Mukai (J. Geophys. Res. 108 (2003) 1136). Some features of pressure profiles are analyzed in detail for cases of a low pressure anisotropy.

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Título de la Revista: PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE
Volumen: 53
Número: 1-3
Editorial: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Fecha de publicación: 2005
Página de inicio: 209
Página final: 215
URL: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0032063304001862
DOI:

10.1016/j.pss.2004.09.046

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS