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Hru?ka 1978
Hru?ka, A. (1978). Magnetic-field-aligned electric currents in a cold collisionless plasma. Journal of Geophysical Research 83: doi: 10.1029/JA083iA09p04384. issn: 0148-0227.

Stationary large-scale flow of a collisionless zero-temperature plasma is considered. The relation between the magnetic-field-aligned current i and the properties of the plasma flow is analyzed. We find i= (cB/4&pgr;)[-(V/V) ⋅gradB+grad &agr;-(1/B)(E/E) ⋅ B+(1-&bgr;)(B/B) K cos &agr;>, where V is the velocity of plasma, B and B are the components of the magnetic field B parallel and perpendicular to V,E is the electric field, &bgr; is the ratio of the kinetic energy density to the magnetic energy density, &agr; is the angle between E and the principal normal to the flow lines, and K is the curvature of the flow lines. The treatment is not restricted by imposition of special boundary conditions.

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