Kinetic Simulations of thion current sheets: prediction and comparison with CLUSTER observations

Details Kinetic Simulations of thion current sheets: prediction and comparison with CLUSTER observations Kinetic Simulations of thion current sheets: prediction and comparison with CLUSTER observations

Dec 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agufmsm32b..05b&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001, abstract #SM32B-05

Physics

2716 Energetic Particles, Precipitating, 2744 Magnetotail, 2764 Plasma Sheet

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We have carried out two- and three-dimensional kinetic plasma simulation of the stability and decay of thin current sheets. We demonstrate the consequences of their instability in both the current- and the reconnection direction. We found a number of cases when CLUSTER was well positioned for a multi-point investigation of current sheets. The constellation of four spacecraft allowed us to determine the sheet thickness and - dynamics independently. It appeared that thin current sheets can be found at substorm onsets as well as withoput substorms. The observed dynamics of the sheet evolution compares well with the simulation results. The observations allowed us to verify main theoretical predictions.

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