Plasma Transport at the Magnetospheric Flank Boundary. Final report
Progress is highlighted in these areas: 1. Model of magnetic reconnection induced by three-dimensional Kelvin Helmholtz (KH) modes at the magnetospheric flank boundary; 2. Quantitative evaluation of mass transport from the magnetosheath onto closed geomagnetic field for northward IMF; 3. Comparison of mass transfer by cusp reconnection and Flank Kelvin Helmholtz modes; 4. Entropy constraint and plasma transport in the magnetotail - a new mechanism for current sheet thinning; 5. Test particle model for mass transport onto closed geomagnetic field for northward IMF; 6. Influence of density asymmetry and magnetic shear on (a) the linear and nonlinear growth of 3D Kelvin Helmholtz (KH) modes, and (b) three-dimensional KH mediated mass transport; 7. Examination of entropy and plasma transport in the magnetotail; 8. Entropy change and plasma transport by KH mediated reconnection - mixing and heating of plasma; 9. Entropy and plasma transport in the magnetotail - tail reconnection; and, 10. Wave coupling at the magnetospheric boundary and generation of kinetic Alfven waves.
- Research Organization:
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States); Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE SC Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (SC-24)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI02-07ER54920
- OSTI ID:
- 1079160
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER-54920-1; TRN: US1400036
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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