Stationary configurations of the two-dimensional current-carrying plasma sheet: Exact solutions

Citation
Av. Manankova et al., Stationary configurations of the two-dimensional current-carrying plasma sheet: Exact solutions, GEOMAG AERO, 40(4), 2000, pp. 430-438
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
GEOMAGNETISM AND AERONOMY
ISSN journal
00167932 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
430 - 438
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-7932(200007/08)40:4<430:SCOTTC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Possible stationary configurations in the system of the two-dimensional pla sma sheet are considered for the case of inhomogeneous boundary conditions. The general form of solution representation has been used. The derived sol ution is more general than the well-known solution of Kan. It has the inhom ogeneous (as a result of the effect of inhomogeneous boundary conditions) s patially oscillating topology of the fields, plasma distribution, and curre nt in the plasma sheet. The derived solution to the stationary problem unde r inhomogeneous boundary conditions is the exact analytical solution that e nables us to use it as the initial state in studying the dynamics of plasma sheets and describing the system's quasi-stationary evolution.