Plasma diffusion at the magnetopause - The case of lower hybrid drift waves

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Sep 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jgr....9616009t&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, Sept. 1, 1991, p. 16,009-16,013.

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Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence, Magnetopause, Plasma Diffusion, Plasma Drift, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Boundary Layers, Geomagnetism, Magnetic Field Configurations

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The diffusion expected from the quasi-linear theory of the lower hybrid drift instability at the earth's magnetopause is recalculated. The resulting diffusion coefficient is marginally large enough to explain the thickness of the boundary layer under quiet conditions, based on observational upper limits for the wave intensities. Thus, one possible model for the boundary layer could involve equilibrium between the diffusion arising from lower hybrid waves and various loss processes.

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