MAGNETIC-MIRROR EFFECT AND THE GENERATION OF A RECONNECTION ELECTRIC-FIELD IN A COLLISIONLESS NEUTRAL SHEET

Authors
BAZDENKOV S SATO T HORIUCHI R WATANABE K
Citation
S. Bazdenkov et al., MAGNETIC-MIRROR EFFECT AND THE GENERATION OF A RECONNECTION ELECTRIC-FIELD IN A COLLISIONLESS NEUTRAL SHEET, Plasma physics reports, 22(6), 1996, pp. 474-478
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Plasma physics reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063780X
Volume
22
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
474 - 478
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-780X(1996)22:6<474:MEATGO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A new mechanism for the generation of an electric field in a collision less neutral sheet is proposed. It is based on a current density redis tribution along the magnetic field lines caused by the reflection of m eandering particles due to the magnetic mirror effect from the would-b e reconnection region.