Double Star/Cluster observation of neutral sheet oscillations on 5 August 2004
Publication date: 08 November 2005
Authors: Zhang, T. L. et al.
Journal: Annales Geophysicae
Volume: 23
Issue: 8
Page: 2909-2914
Year: 2005
Copyright: Copernicus
Previous Cluster observations have shown that the flapping motions of the Earth's magnetotail are of internal origin and that kink-like waves are emitted from the central part of the tail and propagate toward the tail flanks. The newly launched Double Star Program (DSP) TC-1 satellite allows us to investigate neutral sheet at 10-13 Re in the tail. Using conjunctions with Cluster we will have simultaneous observations at 10-13 and 16-19 Re of these flapping motions. In this paper, we present the first results of neutral sheet oscillations observed by the Cluster and Double Star satellites on 5 August 2004.
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