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Birn et al. 1985
Birn, J., Hones, E.W., Bame, S.J. and Russel, C.T. (1985). Analysis of 16 plasma vortex events in the geomagnetic tail. Journal of Geophysical Research 90: doi: 10.1029/JA090iA08p07449. issn: 0148-0227.

The analysis of 16 plasma vortex occurrences in the magnetotail plasma sheet of Hones et al. (1983) is extended. We used two- and three-dimensional plasma measurements and three-dimensional magnetic field measurements to study phase relations, energy propagation, and polarization properties. The results point toward an interpretation as a slow strongly damped MHD eigenmode which is generated by tailward traveling perturbations at the low-latitude interface between plasma sheet and magnetosheath.

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