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Neugebauer 1989
Neugebauer, M. (1989). The structure of rotational discontinuities. Geophysical Research Letters 16: doi: 10.1029/89GL03192. issn: 0094-8276.

This study examines the structures of a set of rotational discontinuities detected in the solar wind by the ISEE-3 spacecraft. It is found that the complexity of the structure increases as the angle &thgr; between the propagation vector k and the magnetic field decreases. For rotational discontinuities that propagate at a large angle to the field with an ion (left-hand) sense of rotation, the magnetic hodograms tend to be flattened, in agreement with prior numerical simulations. When &thgr; is large, angular ''overshoots'' are often observed at one or both ends of the discontinuity. When the propagation is nearly parallel to the field (i.e., when &thgr; is small), many different types of structure are seen, ranging from straight lines, to S-shaped curves, to complex, disorganized shapes. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1989

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Interplanetary Physics, Solar wind plasma, Magnetospheric Physics, MHD waves and instabilities, Ionosphere, Wave propagation
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