Analytical description of electric currents in the magnetosheath region |
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| Authors: | E. Romashets M. Vandas I.S. Veselovsky |
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| Affiliation: | a Helio Research, La Crescenta, CA 91214, United States;b Utrecht University, Netherlands;c Solar Observatory, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, United States;d IZMIRAN, Troitsk, Russia;e Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic;f Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Russia;g Space Research Institute (IKI), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
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| Abstract: | Volume currents in the magnetosheath region are calculated within the framework of a new analytical model. Magnetic field structure in the region is found, satisfying boundary conditions on the bow shock and the magnetopause, and then volume currents are calculated using the Maxwell equation. Surface bow shock and magnetopause currents are calculated, too. Free parameters of the model are interplanetary magnetic field, Mach number of the solar wind flow, distances to the bow shock and to the magnetopause, and field compression at the magnetopause. |
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| Keywords: | Magnetosheath Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions Interplanetary magnetic fields |
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