A Computer Simulation Study of the Microscopic Structure of a Typical Current Sheet in the Solar Wind
Abstract
A numerical model for the internal structure of a typical current sheet in the solar wind is presented which has application to the Ulysses mission. The results indicate that the theoretical thickness for current sheets in the solar wind is expected to be of the order of 20 R(H+) or less. It is suggested that with the time resolution of solar-wind plasma instruments (larger than the 1-5 s required for vehicle to traverse a thin current sheet), the particle fluxes in successive energy channels and solid angles be compared directly with the values determined from theoretical velocity distributions.
- Publication:
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The Sun and the Heliosphere in Three Dimensions
- Pub Date:
- 1986
- DOI:
- 10.1007/978-94-009-4612-5_20
- Bibcode:
- 1986ASSL..123..167R
- Keywords:
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- Computerized Simulation;
- Current Sheets;
- Solar Wind;
- Discontinuity;
- Fine Structure;
- Solar Wind Velocity;
- Ulysses Mission;
- Solar Physics