Small scale magnetosphere: Laboratory experiment, physical model and Hall MHD simulation

Details Small scale magnetosphere: Laboratory experiment, physical model and Hall MHD simulation Small scale magnetosphere: Laboratory experiment, physical model and Hall MHD simulation

2011-10-20

arxiv.org/abs/1110.4461v1

Physics

Space Physics

23 pages, 18 figures

Scientific paper

A problem of magnetosphere formation on ion inertia scale around weakly magnetized bodies is investigated by means of laboratory experiment, analytical analysis and 2.5D Hall MHD simulation. Experimental evidence of specific magnetic field generated by the Hall term is presented. Direct comparison of regimes with small and large ion inertia length revealed striking differences in measured magnetopause position and plasma stand off distance. Analytical model is presented, which explains such basic features of mini-magnetosphere observed in previous kinetic simulations as disappearance of bow shock and plasma stopping at Stoermer particle limit instead of pressure balance distance. Numerical simulation is found to be in a good agreement with experiments and analytical model. It gives detailed spatial structure of Hall field and reveals that while ions penetrate deep inside mini-magnetosphere electrons overflow around it along magnetopause boundary.

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