Current carriers in the bifurcated tail current sheet: Ions or electrons?

P. L. Israelevich; A. I. Ershkovich; R. Oran

doi:10.1029/2007JA012541

Current carriers in the bifurcated tail current sheet: Ions or electrons?

P. L. Israelevich, A. I. Ershkovich, R. Oran

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We have studied statistical distributions of the current density in the geomagnetic tail current sheet for different sets of local plasma parameters using Cluster data. It is shown that the electric current density calculated from 4-point magnetic field measurements exhibits no correlation with the number flux of ions. We conclude that main current carriers in the magnetospheric system of reference are electrons.

Original language	English
Article number	A04215
Journal	Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Volume	113
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JA012541
State	Published - 1 Apr 2008

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