Fig. 4From: Full-particle simulations of instabilities in a thin current sheet of the magnetospheric system prior to substorm onsetSimulation results and growth rate analysis of Run(0). a B z (z/d=0) and b magnetic-field line and poloidal current J y (color) at the times Ω i t=8.4 and Ω i t=15.2. c B z (z/d=0) averaged during the period 0≤Ω i t≤4.0 in Run(0). d Time developments of the power of the modes resolved for B z in Run(0)Back to article page