从注入到亚离子尺度的磁性重新连接喷流中的流.
Louis Richard1, Luca Sorriso-Valvo2, Emiliya Yordanova3
1Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala 751 21, Sweden and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Space and Plasma Physics, Uppsala University, Uppsala 751 20, Sweden.
Physical review letters
|March 22, 2024
概括
地球磁尾重新连接喷气中的流显示了从喷气尺度到离子尺度的能量级联. 这项研究揭示了在空间等离子体中观察到的最大的能量转移速率.
科学领域:
- 空间物理 空间物理
- 等离子体物理学的物理学
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
背景情况:
- 磁重新连接是空间等离子体的一个基本过程,驱动着极光和太阳耀斑等现象.
- 流在磁再连接过程中对能量消散和粒子加速起着至关重要的作用.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究地球磁尾中磁再连接喷气体内流的特征.
- 为了确定这些流喷流中的能量级联机制和速率.
- 为了确定子离子尺度上波动的性质.
主要方法:
- 来自磁层多尺度 (MMS) 飞船的现场数据的分析.
- 在重新连接喷气结构中检查流信号.
- 能量布的特征跨越不同的尺度,从喷气尺度到离子尺度.
主要成果:
- 在众多重连接喷气中观察到有限惯性范围的签名.
- 动荡发生在几个离子旋转周期的时间尺度上.
- 一个间歇性的,多分体的能量级联发生从喷气尺度到离子尺度.
- 在亚离子尺度上,波动几乎是单晶波,并被确定为动力阿尔弗文波.
- 在惯性范围内的能量转移速率大约为10^8 J kg^-1 s^-1,这是空间等离子体的最高纪录.
结论:
- 磁铁尾重新连接喷气中的流表现出一种独特的能量级联过程.
- 动力阿尔夫恩波在亚离子尺度上占主导地位,表明特定的等离子波行为.
- 异常高的能量传递率突显了这些事件中能量消耗的效率.
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