Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992jgr....9712271s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 97, no. A8, Aug. 1, 1992, p. 12,271-12,274.
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Auroral Zones, Electron Acceleration, Magnetic Flux, Plasma Dynamics, Field Aligned Currents, Magnetically Trapped Particles, Plasma Density
Scientific paper
The evolution of plasma in a current-carrying magnetic flux tube of variable cross section is investigated using a one-dimensional numerical simulation. The flux tube is narrow at the two ends and broad in the middle. The middle part of the flux tube is loaded with a hot, magnetically trapped population, and the two ends have a more dense, gravitationally bound population. A potential difference larger than the gravitational potential but less than the energy of the hot population is applied across the domain. The general result is that the potential change becomes distributed along the anode half of the domain, with negligible potential change on the cathode half. The potential is supported by the mirror force of magnetically trapped particles. The simulations show a steady depletion of plasma on the anode side of the flux tube. The current steadily decreases on a time scale of an ion transit time. The results may provide an explanation for the observed plasma depletions on auroral field lines carrying upward currents.
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