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Kinetic models of current sheets with a sheared magnetic field
Malova, H. V.; Popov, V. Yu.; Zelenyi, L. M. +5 more
Thin current sheets, whose existence in the Earth's magnetotail is confirmed by numerous spacecraft measurements, are studied analytically and numerically. The thickness of such sheets is on the order of the ion Larmor radius, and the normal component of the magnetic field (Bz) in the sheet is almost constant, while the tangential (B
Drift modes of a quasi-two-dimensional current sheet
Popov, V. Yu.; Zelenyi, L. M.; Artemyev, A. V. +1 more
Stability of a plasma configuration consisting of a thin one-dimensional current sheet embedded into a two-dimensional background current sheet is studied. Drift modes developing in plasma as unstable waves along the current direction are considered. Dispersion relations for kink and sausage perturbation modes are obtained depending on the ratio o…