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Tearing Mode in Thin Current Sheets of the Earth’s Magnetosphere: A Scenario of Transition to Unstable Stateстатья
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- Авторы: Zelenyi L.M., Kropotkin A.P., Domrin V.I., Artemyev A.V., Malova H.V., Popov V.Y.
- Журнал: Cosmic Research (English translation of Kosimicheskie Issledovaniya)
- Том: 47
- Номер: 5
- Год издания: 2009
- Издательство: Pleiades Publishing, Inc.
- Местоположение издательства: New York, USA
- Первая страница: 388
- Последняя страница: 396
- DOI: 10.1134/S0010952509050025
- Аннотация: The results of numerical modeling of thinning process in the Earth’s magnetotail current sheet are compared with the model of an anisotropic current sheet in collisionless space plasma. Stability of the current sheet during its evolution is investigated. In the evolution one can distinguish three basic stages: 1) transformation of the initial two-dimensional “isotropic” equilibrium that is well described within the MHD-approximation into a relatively thin current structure; 2) further kinetic evolution, as a result of which the virtually one dimensional, extremely thin current sheet is formed; 3) relaxation of the system into a new equilibrium that can be stable or unstable. A substorm scenario of transformation of the magnetospheric tail and its transition into the unstable state is suggested. The spontaneously appearing tearing disturbance favors a current sheet disruption. It is shown that the estimate of a tearing mode wavelength, obtained from the model, is in accordance with experimental observations during the explosive phase of substorms.
- Добавил в систему: Кропоткин Алексей Петрович