Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....98.3973h&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A3, p. 3973-3982.
Physics
Plasma Physics
34
Earth Magnetosphere, Geomagnetic Tail, Plasma Equilibrium, Three Dimensional Models, Magnetic Field Configurations, Relaxation Time, Self Consistent Fields
Scientific paper
Consideration is given to a numerical method to iteratively approach 3D magnetostatic force equilibria, with modeling emphasis on the development of a suitable model of the earth's magnetotail, including a portion of the inner magnetosphere, i.e., on models which violate the 'tail approximation' commonly employed in analytical models. The numerical approach is compared to methods developed for laboratory plasma physics. The method is applied to the magnetotail outside of 10 R(E), using Tsyganenko's (1987) model for the quiet magnetosphere as an initial condition. The changes of the magnetic field necessary to yield an equilibrium configuration and the resulting distribution of the self-consistently derived pressure are discussed. It is shown that a self-consistent magnetotail equilibrium based on a close approximation to Tsyganenko's requires a region 1 type current system, which is not present in the initial configuration.
Birn Joachim
Hesse Michael
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