Euler Potentials for the Earth Magnetic Field With Field-Aligned Currents
Abstract
Euler potentials of the Earth's dipole magnetic field with field-aligned currents are found. The results generalize ones obtained earlier for systems of plane currents parallel to an ambient uniform magnetic field. A real current system corresponding to an observed increase of the magnetic field measured by a low-altitude spacecraft is used in this modeling. Parameters of charged particle trajectories, such as length and period, are determined for typical and strongly disturbed conditions. A particle distribution function is calculated.
- Publication:
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Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
- Pub Date:
- August 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1029/2020JA028153
- Bibcode:
- 2020JGRA..12528153R
- Keywords:
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- FAC;
- Euler potentials