A unified kinetic model of the tangential magnetopause structure

Details A unified kinetic model of the tangential magnetopause structure A unified kinetic model of the tangential magnetopause structure

Nov 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979jgr....84.6417l&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 84, Nov. 1, 1979, p. 6417-6426.

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Atmospheric Models, Current Sheets, Kinetic Theory, Magnetohydrodynamics, Magnetopause, Current Density, Electric Fields, Lines Of Force, Maxwell Equation, Trapped Particles, Vlasov Equations

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In the self-consistent model of the tangential magnetopause, formulated in the present paper on the basis of the Vlasov-Maxwell equations, the plasmas on both sides are magnetized and the magnetic field is everywhere parallel to the magnetopause (i.e., the normal field component is zero) and rotates through an arbitrary angle across the magnetopause. It is shown that the thickness of the magnetopause is greater than the gyroradius of the plasma ions. The presence of a trapped particle population within the magnetopause is shown to be required to allow the magnetic field to rotate more than a certain critical angle (-90 degrees). The model proposed can reproduce the observed features of the tangential magnetopause structure by specifying boundary conditions on both sides of the magnetopause.

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