Published August 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Transport from chaotic orbits in the geomagnetic tail

  • 1. Univ. of Texas, Austin (United States)

Description

The rapid change in direction and magnitude of the magnetic field vector in crossing the quasineutral sheet in the geomagnetic tail leads to deterministic Hamiltonian chaos. The finite correlation times in the single particle orbits due to the continuum of orbital frequencies leads to well-defined collisionless transport coefficients. The transport coefficients are derived for plasma trapped in the quasineutral sheet

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Geophysical Research Letters
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
8
Series
Geophys. Res. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1583-1586
ISSN
0094-8276
CODEN
GPRLA