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Pis'ma v Zhurnal Èksperimental'noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2012, Volume 95, Issue 1, Pages 17–22
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This article is cited in 26 scientific papers (total in 26 papers)
PLASMA, HYDRO- AND GAS DYNAMICS
Generation of superthermal plasma flows in current sheets
N. P. Kyrie, V. S. Markov, A. G. Frank General Physics Institute named after A. M. Prokhorov, Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract:
The profiles of the He II 3203 Å and He II 4686 Å spectral lines of helium ions have been detected and analyzed. Using these data, the processes of acceleration and heating of a plasma in current sheets that are formed in magnetic configurations with X-type singular lines have been analyzed. The generation of plasma flows with energies of $400$–$1300$ eV, which are much higher than the thermal energy of ions, has been revealed. The acceleration of the plasma induced by Ampere forces is likely spatially inhomogeneous, which should lead to shear plasma flows in a current sheet.
Received: 03.11.2011 Revised: 28.11.2011
Citation:
N. P. Kyrie, V. S. Markov, A. G. Frank, “Generation of superthermal plasma flows in current sheets”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 95:1 (2012), 17–22; JETP Letters, 95:1 (2012), 14–19
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