Kinetic instabilities of thin current sheets: Results of two-and-one-half-dimensional Vlasov code simulations

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 1299-1307

  Silin, I ^a   Buchner J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMAS; RESONANCE;

THIN CURRENT SHEETS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0038294706     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1561275     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. T. I. Pulkkinen, D. N. Baker, R. J. Pellinen et al., J. Geophys. Res. 97, 19283 (1992).
2. V. A. Sergeev, D. G. Mitchell, C. T. Russell, and D. J. Williams, J. Geophys. Res. 98, 17345 (1993).
3. B. Coppi, G. Laval, and R. Pellat, Phys. Rev. Lett. 16, 1207 (1966).
4. K. Yamanaka, Phys. Scr. 17, 15 (1978).
5. E. Harris, Nuovo Cimento 23, 115 (1962).
6. J. D. Huba, N. T. Gladd, and K. Papandopoulos, J. Geophys. Res. 83, 5217 (1978).
7. J. D. Huba, J. F. Drake, and N. T. Gladd, Phys. Fluids 23, 552 (1980).
8. D. Winske, Phys. Fluids 24, 1069 (1981).
9. M. Ozaki, T. Sato, R. Horiuchi, and C. S. Group, Phys. Plasmas 3, 2265 (1996).
10. J. Büchner and J.-P. Kuska, "Three-dimensional collisionless reconnection through thin current sheets: Theory and selfconsistent simulations," in Proceedings of the IIIrd International Conference on Substorms (ICS-3), edited by E. J. Rolfe and B. Kaldeich (ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 1996), p. 373.
11. Z. Zhu and R. M. Winglee, J. Geophys. Res. 101, 4885 (1996).
12. P. L. Pritchett, F. V. Coroniti, and V. K. Decyk, J. Geophys. Res. 101, 27413 (1996).
13. G. Lapenta and J. U. Brackbill, J. Geophys. Res. 102, 27099 (1997).
14. M. Dobrowolny, Nuovo Cimento B 55, 427 (1968).
15. J. Büchner and J.-P. Kuska, Ann. Geophys. 17, 604 (1999).
16. J. Büchner and J.-P. Kuska, Magnetospheric Research with Advanced Techniques, Proceedings of the 9th Committee on Space Research Colloquium, edited by R. L. Xu and A. T. Y. Lui (Eisevier, Amsterdam, 1998), p. 179.
17. P. H. Yoon, A. T. Y. Lui, and H. K. Wong, J. Geophys. Res. 103, 11875 (1998).
18. P. H. Yoon, A. T. Y. Lui, and M. I. Sitnov, Phys. Plasmas 9, 1526 (2002).
19. W. Daughton, J. Geophys. Res. 103, 29429 (1998).
20. W. Daughton, Phys. Plasmas 6, 1329 (1999).
21. W. Daughton, J. Geophys. Res. 104, 28701 (1999).
22. I. Silin, J. Büchner, and L. M. Zelenyi, Phys. Plasmas 9, 1104 (2002).
23. M. Hesse, D. Winske, J. Birn, and M. Kuznetsova, "Predictions and explanations of plasma sheet dissipation processes: Current sheet kinking," in SUBSTORMS-4, edited by S. Kokubun and Y. Kamide (Terra Scientific/ Kluwer Academic, Tokyo, Amsterdam, 1998), p. 437.
24. R. Horiuchi and T. Sato, Phys. Plasmas 6, 4565 (1999).
25. G. Lapenta and J. U. Brackbill, Phys. Plasmas 9, 1544 (2002).
26. W. Daughton, Phys. Plasmas 9, 3668 (2002).
27. T. Wiegelmann and J. Büchner, Nonlinear Proc. Geoph. 8, 127 (2001).
28. T. Wiegelmann, T. Neukirch, and J. Büchner, "Tests and limits of Vlasov code simulations and its application to null-helicity and co-helicity reconnection," in Proceedings of ISSS-6. edited by J. Buechner, C. T. Dum, M. Scholer (Copernicus GmbH, Garching, Germany, 2001), p. 58.
29. J. Busnardo-Neto, P. L. Pritchett, A. T. Lin, and J. M. Dawson, J. Comput. Phys. 23, 300 (1977).
30. R. W. Hockney and J. W. Eastwood, Computer Simulation Using Particles (Adam Hilger, Bristol, 1988).
31. Y. Omura and H. Matsumoto, "KEMPO1: Technical guide to one-dimensional electromagnetic particle code," in Computer Space Plasma Physics: Simulation Techniques and Software, edited by H. Matsumoto and Y. Omura (Terra Scientific, Tokyo, 1993).
32. C. K. Birdsall and A. B. Langdon, Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation (Adam Hilger, Bristol, 1991).
33. M. Tanaka and T. Sato, J. Geophys. Res. 86, 5541 (1981).
34. J. Birn, J. F. Drake, M. A. Shay et al., J. Geophys. Res. 106, 3715 (2001).
35. J. Büchner, "Kinetic effects controlling the onset of 3D tail reconnection," in SUBSTORMS-4, edited by S. Kokubun and Y. Kamide (Terra Scientific/ Kluwer Academic, Tokyo, Amsterdam, 1998).
36. J. Büchner, Astrophys. Space Sci. 264, 25 (1999).
37. I. Shinohara and M. Hoshino, Adv. Space Res. 24, 43 (1999).
38. O. Buneman, "TRISTAN the 3-D electromagnetic particle code," in Computer Space Plasma Physics: Simulation Techniques and Software, edited by H. Matsumoto, Y. Omura, and E. Sindoni (Terra Scientific, Tokyo, 1993).