Parameter dependence of quick magnetic reconnection triggering: A survey study using two-dimensional simulations

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Nov 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006jgra..11111s18t&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 111, Issue A11, CiteID A11S18

Physics

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Magnetospheric Physics: Ring Current, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere: Outer, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere: Inner, Space Weather: Magnetic Storms (2788)

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The current sheet structure modification by lower-hybrid drift instability (LHDI) has been shown to lead to quick magnetic reconnection triggering (QMRT) even in a thick current sheet (Tanaka et al., 2005). The three-dimensional simulations, however, have been limited to certain sets of parameters. Having learned which effects of LHDI are crucial for QMRT in these three-dimensional results, we perform a series of two-dimensional simulations of LHDI (reconnection itself not included) with various current sheet thickness D, guide field intensity B0y, and the frequency ratio τ (τ = ωpe/Ωe, where ωpe is the electron plasma frequency and Ωe is the electron gyrofrequency) and inspect how these parameters affect the QMRT process. While QMRT looked promising in the three-dimensional studies with B0y = 0 and τ = 1, the two realistic factors, nonzero guide field and τ larger than 1, requires rather small current sheet thickness for QMRT to be operative in the magnetospheric situations.

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