Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....98.6139z&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A4, p. 6139-6150.
Physics
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Electric Arcs, Electrodynamics, Field Aligned Currents, Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, Polar Caps, Time Dependence, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Shear Flow, Wave Propagation
Scientific paper
In the present 2D time-dependent model of polar cap arcs, the electrodynamics of the polar cap arcs are treated self-consistently in the frame of the coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere system. The focus of this work is a description of the features of the spatial structure and temporal evolution of the polar cap arcs. Results indicate that the time constant for the formation of the polar cap arcs is around 10 min; an initial single-arc precipitation pattern associated with a polar cap arc tends to split into multiple precipitation regions, yielding a multiple polar cap arc structure. Strong downward field-aligned currents can develop near the intensive upward field-aligned currents and form a pair structure of the field-aligned current in the polar cap arcs. The model predicts plasma flow crossing the polar cap arcs, but its amplitude is small and its characteristic time scale is much larger than the time constant for the formation of the polar cap arcs. While polar cap arcs are developing, the associated current system tends to become further localized.
Crain David J.
Schunk Robert W.
Sojka Jan J.
Zhu Lijun
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