A new approach to the linear theory of single-species tearing in two-dimensional quasi-neutral sheets

Details A new approach to the linear theory of single-species tearing in two-dimensional quasi-neutral sheets A new approach to the linear theory of single-species tearing in two-dimensional quasi-neutral sheets

Mar 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995jgr...100.3551b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 100, no. A3, p. 3551-3562

Physics

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Collisionless Plasmas, Geomagnetic Tail, Ions, Neutral Sheets, Stability, Tearing Modes (Plasmas), Algorithms, Computerized Simulation, Eigenvalues, Equilibrium Equations, Gyrofrequency, Pitch (Inclination), Scattering Functions

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We have developed the linear theory of collisionless ion tearing in a two-dimensional magnetotail equilibrium for a single resonant species. We have solved the normal mode problem for tearing instability by an algorithm that employs particle-in-cell simulation to calculate the orbit integrals in the Maxwell-Vlasov eigenmode equation. The results of our single-species tearing analysis can be applied to ion tearing where electron effects are not included. We have calculated the tearing growth rate as a function of the magnetic field component B(sub n) normal to the current sheet for thick and thin current sheets, and we show that marginal stability occurs when the normal gyrofrequency Omega(sub n) is comparable to the Harris neutral sheet growth rate. A cross-tail B(sub y) component has little effect on the growth rate for B(sub y) approximately = B(sub n). Even in the limit B(sub y) much greater than B(sub n), the mode is strongly stabilized by B(sub n). We report than random pitch angle scattering can overcome the stabilizing effect of B(sub n) and drive the growth rate up toward the Harris neutral sheet (B(sub n) = 0) value when the pitch angle diffusion rate is comparable to Omega(sub n).

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