Hostname: page-component-745bb68f8f-l4dxg Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-01-27T15:19:33.776Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

A time-dependent model of magnetic field annihilation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Martin F. Heyn  and
Mikhail I. Pudovkin
Martin F. Heyn
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Graz, Petersgasse 16, A-8010 Graz, Austria
Mikhail I. Pudovkin
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, University of St Petersburg, 198904 St Petergof, Russia
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Quasi-periodic variations in the electric field intensity near the dayside magnetopause are studied within a planar, dissipative MHD model of a stagnation-line flow embedded in a rectilinear magnetic field. The model is based on an exact time-dependent solution of the resistive MHD equations applied to a Parker-type diffusion region of field-line merging. The results lead to the prediction of certain relations between physical parameters of the solar- wind plasma, and these are compared with actual measurements.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 49 , Issue 1 , February 1993 , pp. 17 - 27
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Anderson, C. & Priest, E. R. 1993 J. Geophys. Res. (in press).Google Scholar
Artsimovrtch, L. A. & Sagdeev, R. Z. 1983 Plasmaphysik für Physiker. Teubner.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Biernat, H. K., Heyn, M. F. & Semenov, V. S. 1987 J. Geophys Res. 92, 3392.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Forbes, T. G. & Priest, E. R. 1978 Rev. Geophys. 25, 1583.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Haerendel, G. 1978 J. Atmos. Terr. Phys. 40, 343.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Heikkila, W. J., Jorgensen, T. S., Lanzerotti, L. J. & Maclennan, C. G. 1989 J. Geophys. Res. 94, 15291.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Heyn, M. F. 1992 a Solar Wind–Magnetosphere Interactions (ed. Heyn, M. F., Biernat, H. K., Semenov, V. S. & Rijnbeek, R. P.), p. 85. österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften.Google Scholar
Heyn, M. F. 1992 b Proceedings of International Winter School and Workshop on Plasma Physics: Current Topics in Astrophysical and Fusion Plasmas, 24–29 February 1992, Pichl/Schladming, Austria (ed. Heyn, M. F. & Kernbichler, W.), p. 53. dbv-Verlag für die Technisehe Universität Graz.Google Scholar
Heyvaerts, J. & Priest, E. R. 1976 Solar Phys. 47, 223.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Heyvaerts, J., Priest, E. R. & Rust, D. M. 1977 Astrophys. J.. 216, 123.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kindel, J. M. & Kennel, C. F. 1971 J. Geophys. Res. 76, 3055.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lockwood, M., Sandholt, P. E., Cowley, S. W. H. & Oguti, T. 1989 Planet. Space. Sci. 37, 1347.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Parker, E. N. 1963 Astrophys. J. Suppl. 8, 177.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Priest, E. R. 1986 Mit. Astron. Ges. 65, 41.Google Scholar
Priest, E. R. & Forbes, T. G. 1986 J. Geophys. Res. 91, 5579.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pudovkin, M. I. & Semenov, V. S. 1985 Space Sci. Rev.. 41, 1.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pudovkin, M. I., Zaitseva, S. A., Sandholt, P. E. & Egeland, A. 1992 Planet. Space. Sci. 40, 879.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rijnbeek, R. P. & Semenov, V. S. 1992 Solar Wind–Magnetosphere Interactions (ed. Heyn, M. F., Biernat, H. K., Semenov, V. S. & Rijnbeek, R. P.), p. 173. österreichische Akademie der Wissensehaften.Google Scholar
Russell, C. T. & Elphic, R. C. 1978 Space Sci. Rev.. 22, 681.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sandholt, P. E., Lockwood, M., Oguti, T., Cowley, S. W. H., Freeman, K. S. C., Lybekk, B., Egeland, A. & Willis, D. M. 1990 J. Geophys. Res. 95, 1039.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Semenov, V. S., Heyn, M. F. & Kubyshkin, I. V. 1983 Soviet Astron. J.. 60, 1138.Google Scholar
Semenov, V. S., Kubyshkin, I. V., Lebedeva, V. V., Rijnbeek, R. P., Heyn, M. F., Biernat, H. K. & Farrugia, C. J. 1992 Planet.Space Sci.. 40, 63.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sergeev, V. A., Bösinger, T. & Lui, A. T. Y. 1986 J. Geophys. Res. 60, 175.Google Scholar
Sonnerup, B. U. ö. & Priest, E. R. 1975 J. Plasma Phys. 14, 283.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Southwood, D. J. & Kivelson, M. G. 1990 J. Geophys. Res. 95, 2301.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Tur, T. J. & Priest, E. R. 1978 Solar Phys. 58, 181.CrossRefGoogle Scholar