Analysis of magnetic reconnection from the GEOTAIL in the Earth's magnetotail

Sumiyo KOTANI; Akira TONEGAWA; Toru SAKURAI; Kazuo TAKAYAMA

doi:10.2978/jsas.10.2-3_144

Sumiyo KOTANI, Akira TONEGAWA, Toru SAKURAI, Kazuo TAKAYAMA

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Keywords: magnetotail, magnetic reconnection, plasma sheet

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1998 Volume 10 Issue 2-3 Pages 144

DOI https://doi.org/10.2978/jsas.10.2-3_144

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Abstract

Using the data of artifical satellite “GEOTAIL”, relationship was considered between the Larmor radius and the thickness of the plasma sheet of magnetic reconnection in the Earth's magnetotail.

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