| タイトル | Parallel electric fields in a simulation of magnetotail reconnection and plasmoid evolution |
| 著者（英） | Birn, J.; Hesse, M. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA |
| 発行日 | 1990-01-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | Properties of the electric field component parallel to the magnetic field are investigate in a 3D MHD simulation of plasmoid formation and evolution in the magnetotail, in the presence of a net dawn-dusk magnetic field component. The spatial localization of E-parallel, and the concept of a diffusion zone and the role of E-parallel in accelerating electrons are discussed. A localization of the region of enhanced E-parallel in all space directions is found, with a strong concentration in the z direction. This region is identified as the diffusion zone, which plays a crucial role in reconnection theory through the local break-down of magnetic flux conservation. |
| NASA分類 | GEOPHYSICS |
| レポートNO | 92A31284 |
| 権利 | Copyright |
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