Substorm current wedge driven by plasma flow vortices: THEMIS observations

By A. Keiling, V. Angelopoulos, A. Runov, J. Weygand, S. Apatenkov, S. Mende, J. Mcfadden, D. Larson, O. Amm, Karl-Heinz Glassmeier and 1 more. 2009

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Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology

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In Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. A. Runov
2. V. Angelopoulos
3. V. Sergeev
4. R. Nakamura
5. Drew L. Turner
6. Wolfgang Baumjohann
7. C. Gabrielse
8. R. McPherron

In Molecular Biology

1. V. Angelopoulos
2. A. Runov
3. V. Sergeev
4. Drew L. Turner
5. C. Gabrielse
6. Tuija I. Pulkkinen
7. Juhani Birn
8. R. Nakamura

Citations in the corpus

• Statistical characteristics of particle injections throughout the equatorial magnetotail (2014, methodology): “…in duskward/dawnward flows at the front as well as tailward flow and eastward electric fields on the flanks of the flow burst [Sergeev et al., 1996; Keiling et al., 2009; Gabrielse et al., 2012]; (vi) as electrons/ions drift eastward/westward across the potential drop formed within the flow…”
• Magnetic Turbulence in the Geospace Environment (2010, background): “Recently, a multi-point analysis of plasma flow vortices in the magnetotail and ionosphere during a substorm was reported by the Themis mission (Keiling et al. 2009).”
• Substorm Current Wedge Revisited (2015, background): “Keiling et al. (2009) estimated a current density of 2.8 nA/m2 for such plasma flow vortices.”