Fig. 7From: Full-particle simulations of instabilities in a thin current sheet of the magnetospheric system prior to substorm onsetTerms of E y given by the electron-fluid equation of motion in Run(0). a and b indicate terms of the right-hand side of Eq. (12) at Ω i t=7.2 and 7.6 in the equatorial plane of Run(0). Green lines are the first term (Lorentz term), blue lines are the second term (electron pressure term), and red lines are the third term (electron inertial term)Back to article page