Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004agufmsm53b0416v&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2004, abstract #SM53B-0416
Physics
7835 Magnetic Reconnection, 7843 Numerical Simulation Studies, 2724 Magnetopause, Cusp, And Boundary Layers, 2784 Solar Wind/Magnetosphere Interactions
Scientific paper
In the case of a significant guide magnetic field in the reconnection region, electrons are magnetized unless gradient scale lengths become comparable to the local electron Larmor radius. In this situation, electron scattering by the reconnection magnetic field components can occur. We will demonstrate that electron scattering is necessary to avoid unphysical singularities in the electron flow velocity. Furthermore, we will trace particles in self-consistent particle-in-cell simulations to demonstrate the interaction between electron Larmor motion and the steep gradients of the reconnecting magnetic field. We will show that oblique heat-flux tensor components play a critical role in the electron dynamics near the stagnation point. Finally, we will present the results of analytical scaling arguments that show how and when the electron Larmor scale emerges as a natural scale for the inner, electron, diffusion region.
Birn Joachim
Hesse Matthias
Kuznetsova Masha
Vollmer T.
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