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Wu 1984
Wu, C.C. (1984). The effects of dipole tilt on the structure of the magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 89: doi: 10.1029/JA080i012p11048. issn: 0148-0227.

The structure of the magnetosphere as a function of dipole tilt was studied by using a global magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) model. We show here that the cusp current sheet in the MHD model is related to the tail current sheet and that the calculated shape and positions of the tail current sheet are consistent with observations. In addition, we disuss the difference between the MHD model and the Chapman-Ferraro type model which manifests as a function of tilt angle.

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