A kinetic approach is presented for obtaining slowly time-dependent, self-consistent plasma, and magnetic field configurations for this region, using anisotropic particle distributions. At present, a 2D configuration is used. The time variation of the plasma/field configuration is assumed to be driven by a slowly varying, externally imposed electric field (representing, for example, a change in solar wind conditions). The numerical approach involves solving a 2D nonlinear Poisson equation for the magnetic vector potential at each time step. The local current density is calculated from particle velocity distributions under the assumption of adiabatic particle motion. The obtained equations of state are compared with those of double-adiabatic theory. Numerical examples of self-consistent responses of the near-earth plasma and field to an externally imposed electric field pulse are presented.
A two-dimensional, time-dependent, near-earth magnetotail
Advances in Space Research ; 11 , 9 19
01.01.1991
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A two-dimensional, time-dependent, near-earth magnetotail
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