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Tanaka, K.G., Shinohara, I. and Fujimoto, M. (2005). Quick magnetic reconnection triggering in an ion-scale current sheet: Transition from Type-I to Type-II. Geophysical Research Letters 32: doi: 10.1029/2005GL023718. issn: 0094-8276. |
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The details of Quick Magnetic Reconnection Triggering (QMRT) in ion-scale current sheets have been investigated using three-dimensional (3-D) full particle simulations with the mass ratio of 400. QMRT is mediated by coupling to the Lower-Hybrid Drift Instability (LHDI) and its time scale is as quick as the LHDI time scale. Up to the initial half-thickness D of D/λi = 0.875 (λi: the ion inertial length), QMRT is attained via thin current layer formation at the center of the current sheet in reaction to the LHDI activity (Type-I). At D/λi = 1, QMRT is still available but is attained by boosting up the tearing instability growth rate via the electron temperature anisotropy Te$perp$/Te$parallel$ ~ 1.2 (Type-II). In this case the LHDI activity induces the current density redistribution that does not result in enhanced current density at the center but produces electron perpendicular heating therein. |
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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetic reconnection (7526, 7835), Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetotail, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma waves and instabilities, Space Plasma Physics, Kinetic waves and instabilities, Space Plasma Physics, Particle acceleration |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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