Self-consistent magnetotail theory - Equilibrium structures including arbitrary variation along the tail axis

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Nov 1983

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 88, Nov. 1, 1983, p. 9101-9108. Research supported by the Deutsche Forsch

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Equilibrium Equations, Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetic Variations, Self Consistent Fields, Astronomical Models, Boundary Conditions, Boundary Value Problems, Cartesian Coordinates

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The self-consistent theory of the quiet magnetotail is extended to two-dimensional static equilibrium configurations with arbitrary variations in two Cartesian space dimensions. For the case of negligible pressure anisotropy and small plasma flow velocities, self-consistent theory leads to a nonlinear equation which is solved numerically and analytically for several special cases. To define boundary conditions, the weakly two-dimensional magnetotail theory by Birn et al. (1975) is used to fit the tail region to the entire magnetosphere. The influence of boundary conditions is investigated and it is found that small changes of boundary values cause the equilibrium to form oscillatory structures with magnetic islands in the plasma sheet. This model is able to explain structures observed in the quiet magnetotail as equilibrium phenomena. Besides these taillike solutions, there exists another class of equilibria which is stable against all two-dimensional perturbations. These solutions have one neutral point; they contain less energy than the taillike solution, the difference of energy being of the same order as the energy release in a magnetospheric substorm.

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