Published March 1994 | Version v1
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Comment on ''Physics of the magnetotail current sheet'' [Phys. Fluids B 5, 2663 (1993)]

Creators

  • 1. APAS Department, University of Colorado and NOAA Space Environment Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado 80303 (United States)

Description

The discussion on the current sheet catastrophe2 is carried further in this comment. In particular, the choice of boundary conditions where the incoming portion of the distribution function is a drifting Maxwellian is discussed

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Plasmas
Journal Volume
1
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 801-802.
ISSN
1070-664X
CODEN
PHPAEN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
26035894
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ADIABATIC INVARIANCE; CURRENT DENSITY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EARTH MAGNETOSPHERE; HAMILTONIAN FUNCTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOTAIL; SCALING LAWS
Descriptors DEC
EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FUNCTIONS