Numerical integration of the equations of motion describing the acceleration of plasma particles in Syrovatskii's model of the dynamic current sheet
Creators
- 1. Institute for Space Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 84/32, Moscow, 117810 (Russian Federation)
Description
The acceleration of solar-wind protons in a current sheet in the Earth's magnetotail, in which the geomagnetic field lines reconnect, is investigated numerically using the dynamic current sheet model proposed by S.I. Syrovatskii. The dynamics of current sheets in the Earth's magnetotail is analyzed. In addition to the known solutions, the solution describing a contracting current sheet is derived. The time evolution of the magnetic field structure in Syrovatskii's model is calculated numerically. The energy spectrum of the protons that are accelerated in the sheet by induction electric fields during rapid changes in the sheet topology is calculated and analyzed. A study is made of proton acceleration up to the time when the current sheet ruptures in the course of its evolution
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1134/1.1778436;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Plasma Physics Reports
- Journal Volume
- 30
- Journal Issue
- 7
- Journal Page Range
- p. 605-615
- ISSN
- 1063-780X
- CODEN
- PPHREM
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36045003
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S58: GEOSCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Translation
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY SPECTRA; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTAIL; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; PLASMA; PROTONS; SOLAR WIND; TOPOLOGY
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYONS; CURRENTS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EARTH MAGNETOSPHERE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; HADRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICS; NUCLEONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPECTRA; STELLAR ACTIVITY; STELLAR WINDS
Optional Information
- Notes
- Translated from Fizika Plazmy, ISSN 0367-2921, 30, 654-665 (No. 7, 2004); (c) 2004 MAIK ''Nauka / Interperiodica''.