Tearing modes at the magnetopause
| dc.contributor.author | Lakhina, G.S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Schindler, K. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-24T10:28:33Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-12T10:28:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-04-24T10:28:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-02-12T10:28:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1996 | |
| dc.description.abstract | It is shown that the shear flow present in the magnetopause current layer can destabilize the tearing modes depending upon the Mach number profiles. Using a variational principle, an heuristic stability criterion based on the form of the Mach number profile is obtained. This criterion could be used as a handy tool to search for tearing mode instability of a given magnetopause equilibrium with shear flow. The Doppler shifted magnetic structures produced by the tearing modes would be observable at ultralow frequencies in the range of ∼ 5 – 650 mHz in the satellite frame of reference. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.accession | 090506 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | JGR, v.101/A2, p.2707-2711,1996, DOI: 10.1029/95JA03216 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://library.iigm.res.in:4000/handle/123456789/23 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tearing modes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Magnetopause | en_US |
| dc.title | Tearing modes at the magnetopause | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |