SURFACE-WAVES AND MAGNETIC RECONNECTION AT A MAGNETOPAUSE

Authors
UBEROI C LANZEROTTI LJ WOLFE A
Citation
C. Uberoi et al., SURFACE-WAVES AND MAGNETIC RECONNECTION AT A MAGNETOPAUSE, J GEO R-S P, 101(A11), 1996, pp. 24979-24983
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary","Astronomy & Astrophysics","Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
ISSN journal
21699380 → ACNP
Volume
101
Issue
A11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
24979 - 24983
Database
ISI
SICI code
2169-9380(1996)101:A11<24979:SAMRAA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
It is argued that surface waves with wavelengths larger than the thick ness of a neutral layer that separates two different plasma regimes ca n induce the tearing mode instability. Magnetic reconnection is shown to occur on the tearing mode timescale.