A statistical model of magnetic islands in a large current layer: validation from Hall MHD simulations and Cluster FTE observations

Details A statistical model of magnetic islands in a large current layer: validation from Hall MHD simulations and Cluster FTE observations A statistical model of magnetic islands in a large current layer: validation from Hall MHD simulations and Cluster FTE observations

Dec 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufmsm31b1870f&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #SM31B-1870

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Plasma Physics

[7524] Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy / Magnetic Fields, [7526] Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy / Magnetic Reconnection, [7833] Space Plasma Physics / Mathematical And Numerical Techniques, [7835] Space Plasma Physics / Magnetic Reconnection

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Magnetic islands have been observed in large current layers for various space plasmas, including the magnetopause and solar corona. Since the direct simulation of very large systems is not possible, we have developed a statistical model which describes the formation, growth, convection and coalescence of these magnetic islands. An integral-differential equation is derived for the island distribution function, which characterizes islands by the flux they contain ψ and the area they enclose A. This evolution equation therefore scales the behavior of magnetic islands observed in kinetic simulations up to global scales. We use Hall MHD simulations to validate the model and to benchmark its parameters. The steady-state solution of the evolution equation predicts a distribution of islands. A database of 1,098 flux transfer events observed by Cluster between 2001 and 2003 is shown to be consistent with the model's predictions.

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