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Walker et al. 1975
Walker, R.C., Villante, U. and Lazarus, A.J. (1975). Pioneer 7 observations of plasma flow and field reversal regions in the distant geomagnetic tail. Journal of Geophysical Research 80: doi: 10.1029/JA080i010p01238. issn: 0148-0227.

We present the results of an extensive analysis of plasma and magnetic field data from Pioneer 7 taken in the geomagnetic tail approximately 1000 RE downstream from earth. The principal observations are (1) measurable fluxes of protons in the tail, flowing away from earth, sometimes with a double-peaked velocity distribution; (2) field reversal regions in which the field changes from radial to antiradial by a vector rotation in the north-south plane; and (3) general characteristics of the tail similar to those observed near earth with good correlation between taillike magnetic fields and plasma.

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