Collisionless relaxation of a disequilibrated current sheet and implications for bifurcated structures

Autor: Young Dae Yoon, Gunsu S. Yun, Deirdre E. Wendel, James L. Burch
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24006-x
Popis: Bifurcated current sheets are a recurring feature in magnetized space plasmas. Here the authors explain the emergence of bifurcated structures by natural redistributions of single-particle orbits during the collisionless relaxation process of a disequilibrated current sheet.
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