Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977jgr....82..704s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 82, Feb. 1, 1977, p. 704-708. Research supported by the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerd
Physics
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Current Density, Current Sheets, Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Solar Flares, Electrical Resistivity, Electron Distribution, Ion Acoustic Waves, Magnetic Storms, Plasma Waves, Steady State
Scientific paper
Current instability leading to anomalous resistivity in current sheets with reconnection (of unspecified cause) is discussed. Three modes of instability are distinguished: (1) no current instability (CI) because the sheet assumes a thickness for steady-state reconnection before the CI condition can be met; (2) CI occurs when the sheet has contracted past the steady-state thickness of the diffusion region with anomalous resistivity but before it attains the thickness of the diffusion region in the presence of normal or inertial resistivity; (3) CI occurs before any part of the sheet contracts to the thickness of the diffusion region, which occupies only part of the sheet. Reconnection conditions for each mode, and relations of the vicinity of the polar cusp, magnetotail, and solar flares to reconnection, are considered.
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