On the tearing mode in quasi-neutral sheets

Details On the tearing mode in quasi-neutral sheets On the tearing mode in quasi-neutral sheets

Dec 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980jgr....85.6719c&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 85, Dec. 1, 1980, p. 6719-6728.

Physics

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Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Magnetospheric Instability, Neutral Sheets, Plasma Layers, Space Plasmas, Tearing Modes (Plasmas), Current Sheets, Diffusion Coefficient, Plasma Oscillations, Plasma Turbulence, Plasma-Electromagnetic Interaction, Wave Scattering

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The paper examines the stability of the tearing mode in a quasi-neutral sheet which contains electron pitch angle scattering wave turbulence (or collisions). It is found that the pitch angle scattering dissipation destabilizes the tearing mode and that the tearing growth rate is proportional to the pitch angle diffusion coefficient. The results are discussed with reference to theories of the plasma sheet.

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