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Generation of near-Earth reconnection by divergent flows in the plasma sheet


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dc.creatorLin, Y
dc.creatorSwift, D
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-04T15:40:54Z
dc.date.available2022-10-04T15:40:54Z
dc.date.created2002
dc.identifier10.1029/2002JA009308en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2002JA009308en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/50377
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.35099/aurora-445
dc.description.abstract[1] A global two-dimensional hybrid simulation is carried out to study the evolution of the near-Earth plasma sheet. It is shown that reconnection X lines and plasmoids can be generated by diverging flows in the plasma sheet. These diverging flows can be caused by variations in the Maxwell stress due to variations of B-x and B-z components of the magnetic field outside the current sheet. In addition, the flow acceleration/deceleration in the plasma sheet can also be caused by variations in the local plasma mass density. Comparison runs have been made with a Harris model current sheet with zero B-z, and no evidence of reconnection is found. The results indicate that divergent plasma flow is a sufficient condition for reconnection even in a dissipation-less plasma.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2169-9380en_US
dc.rights©American Geophysical Union 2002. This is this the version of record co-published by the American Geophysical Union and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. It is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Item should be cited as: Lin, Y., and D. W. Swift. "Generation of near‐Earth reconnection by divergent flows in the plasma sheet." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 107.A11 (2002): SMP-17.en_US
dc.titleGeneration of near-Earth reconnection by divergent flows in the plasma sheeten_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.type.genreJournal Article, Academic Journalen_US
dc.citation.volume107en_US
dc.citation.issueA11en_US
dc.description.statusPublisheden_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US

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