A MODEL OF THE MAGNETOSPHERIC TAIL WITH CURRENT-FREE LOBES

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STERN, DP
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[1] Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt
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10.1016/0032-0633(90)90089-9
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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A model of the Earth's tail field with no current density in its high latitude lobes is obtained as a modification of Tsyganenko's tail model. This is achieved by replacing Tsyganenko's current element with one in which the current density ends abruptly at a distance D from the central axis. © 1990.
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