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Several recent findings concerning the dynamics of the Earth's magnetotail

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Several recent results concerning the nature of the Earth's magnetotail are briefly reviewed. These observational findings include: (1) the three-dimensional character of the plasma sheet via a comprehensive survey of proton bulk flows, (2) a region of earthward flowing plasmas at the interfaces of the plasma sheet and magnetotail lobes during magnetic substorm recovery, and (3) the signature of electrostatic acceleration for protons within the jetting plasmas from magnetotail fireballs.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, 52242, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A.

    L. A. Frank & K. L. Ackerson

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Proceedings of the Symposium on Solar Terrestrial Physics held in Innsbruck, May–June 1978.

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Frank, L.A., Ackerson, K.L. Several recent findings concerning the dynamics of the Earth's magnetotail. Space Sci Rev 23, 375–392 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00172246

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