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Three step double layers in the laboratory
Author(s) -
Bailey Andrew,
Hershkowitz Noah
Publication year - 1988
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/gl015i001p00099
Subject(s) - double layer (biology) , double diffusion , turbulence , double star , double layered , monotonic function , layer (electronics) , series (stratigraphy) , double negative , physics , geology , geophysics , materials science , meteorology , astrophysics , mathematics , nanotechnology , mathematical analysis , paleontology , genetics , virology , antigen , cd8 , composite material , biology
A new class of stationary double layer structure, with three or more distinct steps, is demonstrated in the laboratory. A large monotonic potential increase results from a series of smaller double layers (each with eΔϕ/T e ∼ 1–3). In many respects, these double layer structures resemble those inferred from satellite measurements of auroral double layers. This new class of double layer appears to depend on turbulence for its existence and to be a hybrid structure, intermediate between anomalous resistivity and BGK double layers.