Abstract
Multiple crossings of the magnetotail current sheet by a single spacecraft give the possibility to distinguish between two types of electric current density distribution: single-peaked (Harris type current layer) and double-peaked (bifurcated current sheet). Magnetic field measurements in the Jovian magnetic tail by Voyager-2 reveal bifurcation of the tail current sheet. The electric current density possesses a minimum at the point of the Bx-component reversal and two maxima at the distance where the magnetic field strength reaches 50% of its value in the tail lobe.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1479-1481 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Annales Geophysicae |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - 2006 |