DP-Y-FIELD-ALIGNED CURRENTS AND INTENSITY OF THE B(Y) IMF PENETRATED INTO THE MAGNETOTAIL

Authors
PUDOVKIN MI ZAITSEVA SA
Citation
Mi. Pudovkin et Sa. Zaitseva, DP-Y-FIELD-ALIGNED CURRENTS AND INTENSITY OF THE B(Y) IMF PENETRATED INTO THE MAGNETOTAIL, Planetary and space science, 41(5), 1993, pp. 405-408
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Planetary and space science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00320633
Volume
41
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
405 - 408
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-0633(1993)41:5<405:DCAIOT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The three-dimensional global current system produced by currents defle cted towards the Earth from the magnetopause is considered. This syste m is supposed to be divided into two parts: day- and nightside branche s. In the frame of the magnetic field line reconnection model, the cur rent intensity and the magnetic field (Y-component) produced by the la tter in the plasma sheet was estimated. It is found that the ratio of magnetic field intensities in the plasma sheet and in the solar wind e quals 0.5, which agrees with experimental data.