In many space plasma systems, especially when the magnetic field is weak, characteristic
scales of the magnetic field inhomogeneity are much smaller than the Larmor radius of the …

We outline the history and development of the theory of thin current sheets in a collisionless
space plasma from the early ideas of VL Ginzburg and SI Syrovatskii to the present day. We …

Thin current sheets (TCSs) are the key structures in space and laboratory plasmas
responsible for the accumulation and subsequent release of the stored magnetic energy …

The strong magnetic field By component (in GSM coordinates) has been increasingly
noticed to play an important role in the dynamics of tail current sheet (CS). The distribution …

The penetration of interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) By into the magnetosphere plays an
important role in determining magnetospheric configuration and its dynamics. In this paper …

Fortunate positioning of Cluster and TC‐1 in the plasma sheet (PS) of the Earth's
magnetotail has allowed studies of the current sheet (CS) structure and particle dynamics in …

A self‐consistent theory of relatively thin anisotropic current sheets (TCS) in collisionless
plasma is developed, taking into account the presence of a guiding field By (all notations are …

We present a theory of trapped ion motion in the magnetotail current sheet with a constant
dawn–dusk component of the magnetic field. Particle trajectories are described analytically …

Self‐consistent kinetic (particle‐in‐cell) model of magnetotail thin current sheet (TCS) is
used to understand the formation of self‐consistent sheared magnetic structures. It is shown …

An initial examination of the three‐dimensional velocity distributions of positive ions and
electrons as observed with the Geotail spacecraft in the near‐Earth plasma sheet at radial …