Abstract The influence of the chaotic scattering on the formation of the stationary ion distribution in the Earth's magnetotail is studied using a model, which includes variations of the magnetotail field in the sun-Earth direction. It is shown, how the chaotic scattering permanently redistributes ions between the CPS (=central plasma sheet) and the PSBL (=plasma sheet boundary layer) of the tail. Both regions are, therefore, of the same origin. Our study predicts a nonsymmetrical hole in the CPS ion velocity space distribution function.


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    Title :

    Ion distribution in the plasma sheet of the earth's magnetotail


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 11 , 9 ; 183-187


    Publication date :

    1991-01-01


    Size :

    5 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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