MISC

2010年

Magnetic field structure of large-scale plasmoid generated by the fast reconnection mechanism in a sheared current sheet

ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
  • M. Ugai

28
8
開始ページ
1511
終了ページ
1521
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
DOI
10.5194/angeo-28-1511-2010
出版者・発行元
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH

On the basis of the spontaneous fast reconnection model, three-dimensional magnetic field profiles associated with a large-scale plasmoid propagating along the antiparallel magnetic fields are studied in the general sheared current sheet system. The plasmoid is generated ahead of the fast reconnection jet as a result of distinct compression of the magnetized plasma. Inside the plasmoid, the sheared (east-west) field component has the peak value at the plasmoid center located at x=X(C), where the north-south field component changes its sign. The plasmoid center corresponds to the so-called contact discontinuity that bounds the reconnected field lines in x < X(C) and the field lines without reconnection in x > X(C). Hence, contray to the conventional prediction, the reconnected sheared field lines in x < X(C) are not spiral or helical, since they cannot be topologically connected to the field lines in x > X(C). It is demonstrated that the resulting profiles of magnetic field components inside the plasmoid are, in principle, consistent with satellite observations. In the ambient magnetic field region outside the plasmoid too, the magnetic field profiles are in good agreement with the well-known observations of traveling compression regions (TCRs).

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-28-1511-2010
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000281432700005&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.5194/angeo-28-1511-2010
  • ISSN : 0992-7689
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000281432700005

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