Lower hybrid turbulence and tearing mode instability in magnetospheric plasma

Details Lower hybrid turbulence and tearing mode instability in magnetospheric plasma Lower hybrid turbulence and tearing mode instability in magnetospheric plasma

Aug 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992jgr....9712275d&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 97, no. A8, Aug. 1, 1992, p. 12,275-12,277.

Physics

Earth Magnetosphere, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Plasma Turbulence, Tearing Modes (Plasmas), Ion Cyclotron Radiation, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetopause

Scientific paper

The growth rate of the tearing mode instability excited by the lower hybrid and/or ion cyclotron turbulence at the earth's magnetopause has been reinvestigated on the basis of recent observations. The growth time of the tearing mode is found to be of the order of 10 s in the case of lower hybrid turbulence, whereas it becomes 2 s in case of ion cyclotron background turbulence. Thus, the background turbulence, as an external driving source, can efficiently produce rapid and variable reconnection rates.

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