Hybrid simulations of tangential discontinuities

Details Hybrid simulations of tangential discontinuities Hybrid simulations of tangential discontinuities

Jul 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990georl..17.1037c&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 17, July 1990, p. 1037-1040.

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Kinetic Theory, Larmor Radius, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetopause, Plasma-Electromagnetic Interaction, Earth Magnetosphere, Geomagnetism, Mass Flow, Solar Magnetic Field

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One-dimensional hybrid simulations of tangential discontinuities (TDs) are presented. Ion kinetic effects are shown to play a crucial role in determining the TD structure. When the density ratio across a TD is large, magnetic profiles with either overshoots or monotonic gradients are obtained. When there is a bulk plasma flow perpendicular to the magnetic field, so that the motional electric field is directed into the moving plasma, the field profiles exhibit similar behavior when the density ratio differs from unity. In each of these cases, the final width is between 2 and 5 ion Larmor radii, roughly what is seen at the earth's magnetopause.

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