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Transport from chaotic orbits in the geomagnetic tail
Author(s) -
Horton W.,
Tajima T.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/91gl01519
Subject(s) - earth's magnetic field , physics , hamiltonian (control theory) , magnetic field , chaotic , classical mechanics , plasma sheet , quantum electrodynamics , computational physics , magnetosphere , quantum mechanics , mathematics , mathematical optimization , artificial intelligence , computer science
The rapid change in direction and magnitude of the magnetic field vector in crossing the quasineutral sheet in the geomagnetic tail leads to deterministic Hamiltonian chaos. The finite correlation times in the single particle orbits due to the continuum of orbital frequencies leads to well‐defined collisionless transport coefficients. The transport coefficients are derived for plasma trapped in the quasineutral sheet.