Configuration of magnetotail current sheet prior to magnetic reconnection onset
Xin An,
Anton Artemyev,
Vassilis Angelopoulos
et al.
Abstract:Nongyrotropic pressure gradients alter significantly the configuration of thin magnetotail current sheets before reconnection onset.• Ion pressure nongyrotropy is caused by velocity shear of off-equatorial ion outflow during current sheet thinning.• Nongyrotropic pressure may be critical to the formation and stability of thin current sheets in the magnetotail.
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