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Title:
Dynamic Trapping and Skidding of Dense Plasma Clouds
Authors:
Brenning, N.; Fälthammar, C.-G.
Affiliation:
Alfvén Laboratory, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden
Publication:
Physica Scripta, Volume 70, Issue , pp. 153-156 (2004).
Publication Date:
01/2004
Origin:
IOP
DOI:
10.1088/0031-8949/70/2-3/012
Bibliographic Code:
2004PhyS...70..153B

Abstract

We investigate the possibility that the mechanism dynamic trapping can play a role in decoupling dense plasma clouds injected in a thinner ambient plasma, by establishing strong magnetic-field-aligned electric fields in the vicinity or in the edge of the cloud. Dynamic trapping has previously been shown to allow such fields to be established and maintained on the time scale of ion motion, also for arbitrarily low current densities. A model is presented of how such fields could arise and decouple injected plasma clouds, a mechanism which we call dynamic decoupling. A dimensionless parameter, the dynamic decoupling factor FDD, is derived which gives an estimate of the importance of the process. One possible application is the CRRES ionospheric injection experiments where anomalous skidding has recently been reported. However, the dynamic decoupling mechanism might also play a role in naturally occurring situations, e.g. the impulsive penetration of plasmoids from the solar wind into the Earth's magnetosphere.
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