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Cerisier, J.C., Machard, C. and Pottelette, R. (1987). MHD turbulence generated by time-varying field-aligned currents. Journal of Geophysical Research 92: doi: 10.1029/JA080i010p11225. issn: 0148-0227. |
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The MHD turbulence driven by time-varying field-aligned currents is calculated. It is shown that a current pulse with a parallel velocity of the order of or smaller than the Alfv¿n velocity can generate kinetic Alfv¿n waves. These results are applied to the interpretation of magnetic pulses observed in the auroral zone by low-altitude polar satellites. They provide a challenge to the usual interpretation in terms of a crossing by the spacecraft of static structures of thin parallel-current sheets. It must be stressed that the field-aligned current densities necessary to explain the observed magnitude of the magnetic turbulence are smaller for a time-dependent than for a static model. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1987 |
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