On the formation of a plasma bubble

Details On the formation of a plasma bubble On the formation of a plasma bubble

Aug 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005georl..3216103s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 16, CiteID L16103

Physics

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Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetic Reconnection (7526, 7835), Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetotail, Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma Convection (2463), Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma Sheet

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A simple self-consistent model is proposed, which describes properties of the tail current sheet after the formation of a small plasmoid on the closed field lines in the magnetotail and its quick tailward retreat. Using a theory of forced magnetic reconnection, it is shown that the flux tube that contained a plasmoid becomes a plasma bubble, with the plasmoid being replaced by a thin current sheet embedded within the original thicker sheet. The model allows for an estimate of the decrease of the plasma entropy per unit magnetic flux within the bubble. It predicts that the bubble structure may also include bifurcated current sheets.

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