Kinetic models of current sheets with a sheared magnetic field

• Published in: Plasma physics reports Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 300 - 314
• Main Authors: Mingalev, O. V., Mingalev, I. V., Mel’nik, M. N., Artemyev, A. V., Malova, H. V., Popov, V. Yu, Chao, Shen, Zelenyi, L. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01.04.2012
• Subjects: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ANISOTROPY; Atomic; CURRENT DENSITY; EARTH PLANET; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; IONS; LARMOR RADIUS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOTAIL; Molecular; Optical and Plasma Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DRIFT; PLASMA SHEET; SHEAR; Space Plasma; Current Sheet; Magnetic Field Component; Plasma Physic Report; Magnetic Field Line; Thin Current Sheet

Thin current sheets, whose existence in the Earth’s magnetotail is confirmed by numerous spacecraft measurements, are studied analytically and numerically. The thickness of such sheets is on the order of the ion Larmor radius, and the normal component of the magnetic field ( B z ) in the sheet is al...