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Particle simulation of auroral double layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Bruce L. Smith  and
Hideo Okuda
Bruce L. Smith
Affiliation:
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Hideo Okuda
Affiliation:
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
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Abstract

We report on our work to simulate auroral double layers (DL's) with ‘realistic’ particle-in-cell models. An early model simulated weak DL's formed in a self-consistent circuit but under conditions subject to the ion-acoustic instability. More recent work has focused on strong DL's formed when currentless jets are injected into a dipole magnetic field.

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Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , May 1987 , pp. 367 - 380
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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