Ohm's law for a current sheet

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Sep 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985jgr....90.8543l&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 90, Sept. 1, 1985, p. 8543-8546.

Physics

37

Current Sheets, Geomagnetic Tail, Ohms Law, Particle Motion, Energy Dissipation, Magnetic Field Inversions, Particle Acceleration

Scientific paper

The paper derives an Ohm's law for single-particle motion in a current sheet, where the magnetic field reverses in direction across the sheet. The result is considerably different from the resistive Ohm's law often used in MHD studies of the geomagnetic tail. Single-particle analysis is extended to obtain a self-consistency relation for a current sheet which agrees with previous results. The results are applicable to the concept of reconnection in that the electric field parallel to the current is obtained for a one-dimensional current sheet with constant normal magnetic field. Dissipated energy goes directly into accelerating particles within the current sheet.

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