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Аннотация: The principal scheme of a T-layer MHD control in a hypersonic ramjet engine with the aim to improve its thrust characteristics is presented. A periodical regime and T-layer initiation problems are solved numerically using the one- and two-dimensional gas dynamical models.

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Деревянко, Валерий Александрович; Derevyanko V.A.; Овчинников, В.В.; Vasilyev E.N.

[Text] : статья / N.V. Erkaev [et al.] // International journal of geomagnetism and aeronomy. - 2002. - Vol. 3, № 1. - p. 67-76
Аннотация: One aspect of the Io-Jupiter interaction studied by many authors is the generation of Alfv_en waves by Io moving in the magnetized plasma. In our study, we focus on an additional mechanism of the interaction between Io and Jupiter based on MHD slow shocks propagating from Io toward Jupiter along a magnetic ux tube. These MHD slow shocks are produced by plasma ow injected by Io, which is considered as a source of ionized particles. The propagation of the slow shocks is calculated along a given magnetic ux tube from Io to Jupiter. The total pressure is assumed to be a known function of the distance measured along the tube. It is determined as the magnetic pressure corresponding to the undisturbed Jovian magnetic field calculated in a dipole approximation. The material coordinates are used to describe the plasma ow along the magnetic tube. The peculiarity of this problem stems from the fact that the total pressure increases by a factor of 105, whereas the cross section of the magnetic ux tube decreases by a factor of 300. The result is that the plasma velocity after the shock front substantially increases toward Jupiter with increasing magnetic pressure. The electric potential difference along the magnetic field is estimated, which is produced by the accelerated plasma ow propagating with the MHD slow shocks.

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Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Semenov, V.S.; Семенов В. С.; Shaidurov, V.A.; Шайдуров В.А.; Langmayr, D.; Biernat, H.K.; Rucker, H.O.

[Text] : статья / N.V. Erkaev, V.A. Shaidurov, V.S. Semenov, H.K. Biernat // Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics. - 2002. - Vol. 9. - p. 163-172
Аннотация: Variations of the plasma pressure in a magnetic flux tube can produce MHD waves evolving into shocks. In the case of a low plasma beta, plasma pressure pulses in the magnetic flux tube generate MHD slow shocks propagating along the tube. For converging magnetic field lines, such as in a dipole magnetic field, the cross section of the mag-netic flux tube decreases enormously with increasing mag-netic field strength. In such a case, the propagation of MHD waves along magnetic flux tubes is rather different from that in the case of uniform magnetic fields. In this paper, the propagation of MHD slow shocks is studied numerically us-ing the ideal MHD equations in an approximation suitable for a thin magnetic flux tube with a low plasma beta. The results obtained in the numerical study show that the jumps in the plasma parameters at the MHD slow shock increase greatly while the shock is propagating in the narrowing mag-netic flux tube. The results are applied to the case of the interaction between Jupiter and its satellite Io, the latter be-ing considered as a source of plasma pressure pulses.

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Shaidurov, V.A.; Шайдуров В.А.; Semenov, V.S.; Семенов В. С.; Biernat, H.K.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич

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Аннотация: The plasma flow past a blunt obstacle in an ideal magnetohydrodynamic ~MHD! model is studied, taking into account the tensorial nature of the plasma pressure. Three different closure relations are explored and compared with one another. The first one is the adiabatic model proposed by Chew, Goldberger, and Low. The second closure is based on the mirror instability criterion, while the third depends on an empirical closure equation obtained from observations of solar wind flow past the Earth's magnetosphere. The latter is related with the criterion of the anisotropic ion cyclotron instability. In the presented model, the total pressure, defined as the sum of magnetic pressure and perpendicular plasma pressure, is assumed to be a known function of Cartesian coordinates. The calculation is based on the Newtonian approximation for the total pressure along the obstacle and on a quadratic behavior with distance from the obstacle along the normal direction. Profiles of magnetic field strength and plasma parameters are presented along the stagnation stream line between the shock and obstacle of an ideal plasma flow with anisotropy in thermal pressure and temperature.

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Biernat, H.K.; Farrugia, C.J.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич

[Text] : статья / E. N. Vasilyev, V. A. Derevyanko, A. N. Mierau // The 3rd Workshop on Magneto-Plasma Aerodynamics in Aerospase Applications. - Moscow, 2001. - p. 160-164

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Аннотация: Nowadays in leading countries of the world active research has been conducted on developing the perspective hypersonic aerospace aircraft. One of the key directions of research on this problem is the development highly efficient hypersonic ramjet engine (HRE). It is known that the efficiency of HRE with supersonic flow velocities in the combustion chamber decreases with the increasing of flight velocities. The basic losses take place in the combustion chamber as firstly the relative losses of working capacity of gas is considerably increasing at the heat supply, secondly because of high speed of the flow the quality of fuel confusion with the air on the bounded length considerably deteriorates and the completeness of combustion declines. The remarks of estimates demonstrate that for this reason the application of HRE is bounded evidently with the Mach numbers of flight that doesn't exceed 11-12. At the same time the thermodynamic estimates demonstrate the considerable reserve on the specific characteristics. This reserve can partly be realized by the reconstruction of the structure of the current using MHD-interaction.

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Derevyanko, V.A.; Деревянко, Валерий Александрович; Mierau, A.N.; Васильев, Евгений Николаевич

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Аннотация: Nowadays both in Russia and abroad active research has been conducted on developing perspective hypersonic aerospace aircraft. The developing of such aircraft would allow to essentially expand aircraft possibilities and to reduce delivery cost of goods to the near-earth orbit. In many countries of the world there are programs of creation of hypersonic aircraft such as: HOTOL in Great Britain, NASP in USA, HERMES in France. One of key while conducting these projects is the creation of a hypersonic ramjet engine having necessary propulsive, mass and dimensional characteristics with all altitude range and flight velocities of an aircraft. The basic difficulties, in development of such engine types are caused by substantial of deterioration of quality of fuel mixture with an oxidant under supersonic flow velocities in the combustion chamber, which results in decrease of an engine efficiency and deterioration of its propulsion. To increase the efficiency of HRE with the supersonic flow velocity in the combustion chamber the authors offered MHD control of gas flow in the channel HRE based on creation in a stream of local plasma areas with temperature 104 K interacting with an external magnetic field [1], [2]. The work presents investigation results for the structure of non-stationary gas-dynamic flow in the channel HRE with MHD - control. It also describes the calculation of propulsion performance characteristics of the given engine on the basis of mathematical simulation of processes, which take place in the channel of an engine. Thee work objective was the research of non-stationary periodic flow with heat application in the tract HRE with MHD - control on the basis of mathematical modeling of processes which take place in the channel of an engine and the calculation of propulsion performance characteristics of an engine. In the work the model HRE including the air intake, MHD - channel and nozzle was considered. The MHD - channel is made of two flat electrodes and sidewalls from a dielectric. The local constant flow heat permitting to create periodical local plasma areas (T- layer) is provided with the systems of initiation the constant magnetic field in the volume of the channel is ensured with an external magnetic system.

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Derevyanko, V.A.; Деревянко, Валерий Александрович; Vasilyev, A.N.; Васильев А.Н.

[Text] : статья / V.V. Derevyanko // Thermophysics and Aeromechanics. - 2001. - Vol. 8, № 3
Аннотация: The numerical modeling of the operation of a detonation MHD generator with T-layer has been performed at large pressures in the duct. It is shown that the radiation absorption inside the T-layer leads to a considerable variation of the layer characteristics, increase in the specific power and generator efficiency.

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Деревянко, Виктор Валерьевич

[Text] : статья / N.V. Erkaev, V.S. Semenov, H.K. Biernat // Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics. - 2002. - Vol. 9, № 2. - p. 131–138 . - ISSN 1023-5809
Аннотация: Magnetic reconnection is an important process providing a fast conversion of magnetic energy into thermal and kinetic plasma energy. In this concern, a key problem is that of the resistive diffusion region where the reconnec-tion process is initiated. In this paper, the diffusion region is associated with a nonuniform conductivity localized to a small region. The nonsteady resistive incompressible MHD equations are solved numerically for the case of symmetric reconnection of antiparallel magnetic fields. A Petschek type steady-state solution is obtained as a result of time relax-ation of the reconnection layer structure from an arbitrary initial stage. The structure of the diffusion region is studied for various ratios of maximum and minimum values of the plasma resistivity. The effective length of the diffusion re-gion and the reconnection rate are determined as functions of the length scale and the maximum of the resistivity. For suf-ficiently small length scale of the resistivity, the reconnection rate is shown to be consistent with Petschek's formula. By increasing the resistivity length scale and decreasing the re-sistivity maximum, the reconnection layer tends to be wider, and correspondingly, the reconnection rate tends to be more consistent with that of the Parker-Sweet regime.

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Semenov, V.S.; Семенов В. С.; Biernat, H.K.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич

/ D.B. Korovinskiy [et al.] // J. Geophys. Res-Space Phys. - 2013. - Vol. 118, Is. 3. - P1146-1158, DOI 10.1002/jgra.50206. - Cited References: 39. - This work is supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): I193-N16, by the Onderzoekfonds KU Leuven (Research Fund KU Leuven), by RFBR Grants 12-05-00918-a and 12-05-00152-a, and by SPSU Grants 11.38.47.2011 and 11.38.84.2012. The research has received funding also from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme [FP7/2007-2013] under grant agreement 269198-Geoplasmas (Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme) and 218816 (SOTERIA project). The simulations were conducted on the resources of the Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum (VSC) at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. N.V.E., V.S.S. and D.B.K. thank also ISSI for hospitality and financial support. The authors thank reviewers for their comments, which gave us the substantial aid in preparing of this manuscript. . - 13. - ISSN 2169-9380РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics

Аннотация: The paper presents the detailed numerical investigation of the "double-gradient mode," which is believed to be responsible for the magnetotail flapping oscillations-the fast vertical (normal to the layer) oscillations of the Earth's magnetotail plasma sheet with a quasiperiod similar to 100-200 s. The instability is studied using the magnetotail near-equilibrium configuration. For the first time, linear three-dimensional numerical analysis is complemented with full 3-D MHD simulations. It is known that the "double-gradient mode" has unstable solutions in the region of the tailward growth of the magnetic field component, normal to the current sheet. The unstable kink branch of the mode is the focus of our study. Linear MHD code results agree with the theory, and the growth rate is found to be close to the peak value, provided by the analytical estimates. Full 3-D simulations are initialized with the numerically relaxed magnetotail equilibrium, similar to the linear code initial condition. The calculations show that current layer with tailward gradient of the normal component of the magnetic field is unstable to wavelengths longer than the curvature radius of the field line. The segment of the current sheet with the earthward gradient of the normal component makes some stabilizing effect (the same effect is registered in the linearized MHD simulations) due to the minimum of the total pressure localized in the center of the sheet. The overall growth rate is close to the theoretical double-gradient estimate averaged over the computational domain.

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Korovinskiy, D.B.; Divin, A.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Ivanova, V.V.; Ivanov, I.B.; Semenov, V.S.; Lapenta, G.; Markidis, S.; Biernat, H.K.; Zellinger, M.

/ C. J. Farrugia [et al.] // Sol. Phys. - 2012. - Vol. 281, Is. 1. - pp. 461-489, DOI 10.1007/s11207-012-0119-1. - Cited References: 53 . - 29. - ISSN 0038-0938РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics

Аннотация: We discuss the temporal variations and frequency distributions of solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field parameters during the solar minimum of 2007-2009 from measurements returned by the IMPACT and PLASTIC instruments on STEREO-A. We find that the density and total field strength were significantly weaker than in the previous minimum. The Alfv,n Mach number was higher than typical. This reflects the weakness of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) forces, and has a direct effect on the solar wind-magnetosphere interactions. We then discuss two major aspects that this weak solar activity had on the magnetosphere, using data from Wind and ground-based observations: i) the dayside contribution to the cross-polar cap potential (CPCP), and ii) the shapes of the magnetopause and bow shock. For i) we find a low interplanetary electric field of 1.3 +/- 0.9 mV m(-1) and a CPCP of 37.3 +/- 20.2 kV. The auroral activity is closely correlated to the prevalent stream-stream interactions. We suggest that the Alfven wave trains in the fast streams and Kelvin-Helmholtz instability were the predominant agents mediating the transfer of solar wind momentum and energy to the magnetosphere during this three-year period. For ii) we determine 328 magnetopause and 271 bow shock crossings made by Geotail, Cluster 1, and the THEMIS B and C spacecraft during a three-month interval when the daily averages of the magnetic and kinetic energy densities attained their lowest value during the three years under survey. We use the same numerical approach as in Fairfield's (J. Geophys. Res. 76, 7600, 1971) empirical model and compare our findings with three magnetopause models. The stand-off distance of the subsolar magnetopause and bow shock were 11.8 R-E and 14.35 R-E, respectively. When comparing with Fairfield's (1971) classic result, we find that the subsolar magnetosheath is thinner by similar to 1 R-E. This is mainly due to the low dynamic pressure which results in a sunward shift of the magnetopause. The magnetopause is more flared than in Fairfield's model. By contrast the bow shock is less flared, and the latter is the result of weaker MHD forces.

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Farrugia, C.J.; Harris, B.; Leitner, M.; Mostl, C.; Galvin, A.B.; Simunac, K.D.C.; Torbert, R.B.; Temmer, M.B.; Veronig, A.M.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Szabo, A.; Ogilvie, K.W.; Luhmann, J.G.; Osherovich, V.A.

[Text] / E.N. Vasil'ev, D.A. Nesterov // Comput. Math. Math. Phys. - 2010. - Vol. 50, Is. 11. - pp. 1851-1858, DOI 10.1134/S0965542510110096. - Cited References: 9 . - ISSN 0965-5425РУБ Mathematics, Applied + Physics, Mathematical

Аннотация: A nonstationary three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model is used to numerically simulate the formation of a current layer interacting with a transverse magnetic field in a supersonic argon flow. The structural features of the current layer and the characteristics of the process are analyzed at various intensities of the MHD interaction. The problem is solved using the MacCormack method with splitting in spatial coordinates and flux-corrected transport.


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Vasil'ev, E.N.; Васильев, Евгений Николаевич; Nesterov, D.A.; Нестеров Д.А.

[Text] / C.J. Farrugia [et al.] // J. Geophys. Res-Space Phys. - 2010. - Vol. 115. - Ст. A08227, DOI 10.1029/2009JA015128. - Cited References: 34. - The authors would like to thank David Burgess for helpful discussions. Part of this work was done when NVE was on a research visit to the Space Science Center of the University of New Hampshire, USA. This work is supported by NASA grants NNX08AD11G and NNG06GD41G, and also by RFBR grants 07-05-00135, 09-05-91000-ANF_a and by Program 16 of RAS. R. P. Lin has been supported in part by NASA grant NNX08AE34G at UC Berkeley, and the WCU grant (R31-10016) funded by the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. We thank D. J. McComas and H. J. Singer for the ACE plasma data and GOES magnetic field data, respectively, obtained through NASA cdaweb site. . - ISSN 0148-0227РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics

Аннотация: While there are many approximations describing the flow of the solar wind past the magnetosphere in the magnetosheath, the case of perfectly aligned (parallel or antiparallel) interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and solar wind flow vectors can be treated exactly in a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) approach. In this work we examine a case of nearly-opposed (to within 15) interplanetary field and flow vectors, which occurred on October 24-25, 2001 during passage of the last interplanetary coronal mass ejection in an ejecta merger. Interplanetary data are from the ACE spacecraft. Simultaneously Wind was crossing the near-Earth (X similar to -13 Re) geomagnetic tail and subsequently made an approximately 5-hour-long magnetosheath crossing close to the ecliptic plane (Z = -0.7 Re). Geomagnetic activity was returning steadily to quiet, "ground" conditions. We first compare the predictions of the Spreiter and Rizzi theory with the Wind magnetosheath observations and find fair agreement, in particular as regards the proportionality of the magnetic field strength and the product of the plasma density and bulk speed. We then carry out a small-perturbation analysis of the Spreiter and Rizzi solution to account for the small IMF components perpendicular to the flow vector. The resulting expression is compared to the time series of the observations and satisfactory agreement is obtained. We also present and discuss observations in the dawnside boundary layer of pulsed, high-speed (v similar to 600 km/s) flows exceeding the solar wind flow speeds. We examine various generating mechanisms and suggest that the most likely cause is a wave of frequency 3.2 mHz excited at the inner edge of the boundary layer by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.


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Farrugia, C.J.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Torbert, R.B.; Biernat, H.K.; Gratton, F.T.; Szabo, A.; Kucharek, H.; Matsui, H.; Lin, R.P.; Ogilvie, K.W.; Lepping, R.P.; Smith, C.W.

[Text] / U. Taubenschuss [et al.] // Ann. Geophys. - 2010. - Vol. 28, Is. 5. - pp. 1075-1100, DOI 10.5194/angeo-28-1075-2010. - Cited References: 92. - The author appreciates financial support on behalf of the projects 06/9690 from the Austrian Research Community and A3-12T63/2007-1 from the Styrian government. Participation at the ISSS8 was made possible due to the travel fellowship of UCLA. Nikolai Erkaev acknowledges support by RFBR grants Nos. 07-05-00135 and 09-05-91000-ANF. Charles Farrugia received NASA grants NNG06GD41G and NNX08AD11G. Christian Mostl and Ute Amerstorfer work under FWF projects P20145N16 and P21051-N16 of the Austrian Science Foundation, respectively. . - ISSN 0992-7689РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics + Geosciences, Multidisciplinary + Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Аннотация: We investigate the propagation of magnetic clouds (MCs) through the inner heliosphere using 2.5-D ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations. A numerical solution is obtained on a spherical grid, either in a meridional plane or in an equatorial plane, by using a Roe-type approximate Riemann solver in the frame of a finite volume approach. The structured background solar wind is simulated for a solar activity minimum phase. In the frame of MC propagation, special emphasis is placed on the role of the initial magnetic handedness of the MC's force-free magnetic field because this parameter strongly influences the efficiency of magnetic reconnection between the MC's magnetic field and the interplanetary magnetic field. Magnetic clouds with an axis oriented perpendicular to the equatorial plane develop into an elliptic shape, and the ellipse drifts into azimuthal direction. A new feature seen in our simulations is an additional tilt of the ellipse with respect to the direction of propagation as a direct consequence of magnetic reconnection. During propagation in a meridional plane, the initial circular cross section develops a concave-outward shape. Depending on the initial handedness, the cloud's magnetic field may reconnect along its backside flanks to the ambient interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), thereby losing magnetic flux to the IMF. Such a process in combination with a structured ambient solar wind has never been analyzed in detail before. Furthermore, we address the topics of force-free magnetic field conservation and the development of equatorward flows ahead of a concave-outward shaped MC. Detailed profiles are presented for the radial evolution of magnetoplasma and geometrical parameters. The principal features seen in our MHD simulations are in good agreement with in-situ measurements performed by spacecraft. The 2.5-D studies presented here may serve as a basis under more simple geometrical conditions to understand more complicated effects seen in 3-D simulations.


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Taubenschuss, U.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Biernat, H.K.; Farrugia, C.J.; Mostl, C.; Amerstorfer, U.V.

[Text] / C. J. Farrugia [et al.] // J. Geophys. Res-Space Phys. - 2008. - Vol. 113. - Ст. A00B01, DOI 10.1029/2007JA012953. - Cited References: 38 . - ISSN 0148-0227РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics

Аннотация: We identify a planar, pressure-balanced structure bounded by sharp changes in the dynamic pressure plastered against the front boundary of the magnetic cloud which passed Earth on 20 November 2003. The front boundary of the magnetic cloud (MC) is particularly well-defined in this case, being located where the He(++)/H(+) number density ratio jumps from 4 to 10% for the first time and the proton plasma beta decreases sharply from similar to 1 to similar to 0.001. The feature, estimated to have a length scale similar to 50 RE in the Sun-Earth direction, bears close resemblance to a slow mode transition region in that the magnetic pressure decreases, the plasma pressure increases, and their temporal variations are anticorrelated. Using a 2-D MHD simulation, we hypothesize that a pressure-balanced structure was encountered by the MC en route to Earth. Our calculations reproduce qualitatively the major features of the observations. Using a simplified geometry suggested by the observations, we find that the lateral deflection speed of the plasma is less than the lateral expansion speed of the MC. We infer that the structure traversed the MC sheath in similar to 20 h, consistent with its crossing of the MC's shock at 0.6-0.7 AU. The finding is consistent with the recent paradigm according to which solar wind plasma and magnetic field tend to pile up in front of interplanetary ejecta because the expansion of the ejecta hinders the shocked solar wind plasma from deflecting effectively around the object. Also, the inferred "age'' of the layer contiguous to the surface of the MC, the earliest relic of its passage through the inner heliosphere, is in agreement with general estimates.


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Farrugia, C.J.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Taubenschuss, U.; Shaidurov, V.A.; Smith, C.W.; Biernat, H.K.

[Text] / H. Gunell [et al.] // Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion. - 2008. - Vol. 50, Is. 7. - Ст. 74018, DOI 10.1088/0741-3335/50/7/074018. - Cited References: 27 . - ISSN 0741-3335РУБ Physics, Fluids & Plasmas + Physics, Nuclear

Аннотация: We present measurements of oscillations in the electron density, ion density and ion velocity in the induced magnetosphere of Mars. The fundamental frequency of the oscillations is a few millihertz, but higher harmonics are present in the spectrum. The oscillations are observed in a region where there is a velocity shear in the plasma flow. The fundamental frequency is in agreement with computational results from an ideal-MHD model. An interpretation based on velocity-shear instabilities is described.


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Gunell, H.; Amerstorfer, U.V.; Nilsson, H.; Grima, C.; Koepke, M.; Franz, M.; Winningham, J.D.; Frahm, R.A.; Sauvaud, J.A.; Fedorov, A.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Biernat, H.K.; Holmstrom, M.; Lundin, R.; Barabash, S.

[Text] / D. B. Korovinskiy [et al.] // J. Geophys. Res-Space Phys. - 2008. - Vol. 113, Is. A4. - Ст. A04205, DOI 10.1029/2007JA012852. - Cited References: 56 . - ISSN 0148-0227РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics

Аннотация: An analytical model of steady-state magnetic reconnection in a collisionless incompressible plasma is developed using the electron Hall MHD approximation. It is shown that the initial complicated system of equations may be split into a system of independent equations, and the solution of the problem is based on the solution of the Grad-Shafranov equation for a magnetic potential. This equation is found to be fundamental for the whole problem analysis. An electric field potential jump across the electron diffusion region and the separatrices is proved to be the necessary condition for steady- state reconnection. Besides of this fact, it is found that the protons in-plane motion obeys to Bernoulli law. The solution obtained demonstrates all essential Hall reconnection features, namely proton acceleration up to Alfven velocities and the formation of Hall current systems and a magnetic field structure as expected.


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Korovinskiy, D.B.; Semenov, V.S.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Divin, A.V.; Biernat, H.K.

[Text] / D. Korovinskiy [et al.] // Adv. Space Res. - 2008. - Vol. 41, Is. 10. - P1556-1561, DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2006.10.014. - Cited References: 13 . - ISSN 0273-1177РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics + Geosciences, Multidisciplinary + Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Аннотация: The problem of steady-state magnetic reconnection in an infinite current layer in collisionless, incompressible, nonresistive plasma, except of the electron diffusion region, is examined analytically using the electron Hall magnetohydrodynamics approach. It is found that this approach allows reducing the problem to the magnetic field potential finding, while last one has to satisfy the Grad-Shafranov equation. The obtained solution demonstrates all essential Hall reconnection features, namely proton acceleration up to Alfven velocities, the forming of Hall current systems and the magnetic field structure expected. It turns out that the necessary condition of steady-state reconnection to exist is an electric field potential jump across the electron diffusion region and the separatrices. Besides, the powerful mechanism of electron acceleration in X-line direction is required. It must accelerate electrons up to the electron Alfven velocity inside the diffusion region and on the separatrixes. This is a necessary condition for steady-state reconnection as well. (c) 2006 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


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Korovinskiy, D.; Semenov, V.S.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Biernat, H.K.; Penz, T.

[Text] / U. V. Amerstorfer [et al.] // Planet Space Sci. - 2007. - Vol. 55, Is. 12. - P1811-1816, DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2007.01.015. - Cited References: 20 . - ISSN 0032-0633РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics

Аннотация: In this paper, the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability is studied by solving the ideal MHD equations for a compressible plasma. A transition layer of finite thickness between two plasmas, across which the magnitude of the velocity and the density change, is assumed. Growth rates are presented for the transverse case, i.e., the flow velocity is perpendicular to the magnetic field. If only the velocity changes across the boundary layer and the density is kept constant, an important quantity affecting the growth of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability is the magnetosonic Mach number, which characterizes compressibility. The growth rates for the case when both, the velocity and the density, change are very sensitive to the ratio of the upper plasma density to the lower plasma density: a decrease of the density ratio yields a decrease of the growth rate. Including a density profile is very important for the application of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability to the solar wind flow around unmagnetized planets, e.g., Venus, where the plasma density increases from the magnetosheath to the ionosphere. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


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Amerstorfer, U.V.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Langmayr, D.; Biernat, H.K.

[Text] / N. V. Erkaev [et al.] // Ann. Geophys. - 2007. - Vol. 25, Is. 1. - P145-159. - Cited References: 32 . - ISSN 0992-7689РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics + Geosciences, Multidisciplinary + Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Аннотация: Mars has no global intrinsic magnetic field, and consequently the solar wind plasma interacts directly with the planetary ionosphere. The main factors of this interaction are: thermalization of plasma after the bow shock, ion pick-up process, and the magnetic barrier effect, which results in the magnetic field enhancement in the vicinity of the obstacle. Results of ideal magnetohydrodynamic and hybrid simulations are compared in the subsolar magnetosheath region. Good agreement between the models is obtained for the magnetic field and plasma parameters just after the shock front, and also for the magnetic field profiles in the magnetosheath. Both models predict similar positions of the proton stoppage boundary, which is known as the ion composition boundary. This comparison allows one to estimate applicability of magnetohydrodynamics for Mars, and also to check the consistency of the hybrid model with Rankine-Hugoniot conditions at the bow shock. An additional effect existing only in the hybrid model is a diffusive penetration of the magnetic field inside the ionosphere. Collisions between ions and neutrals are analyzed as a possible physical reason for the magnetic diffusion seen in the hybrid simulations.


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Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Bosswetter, A.; Motschmann, U.; Biernat, H.K.

[Text] / H. Gunell [et al.] // Planet Space Sci. - 2005. - Vol. 53, Is. 4. - P433-441, DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2004.07.021. - Cited References: 21 . - ISSN 0032-0633РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics

Аннотация: We present simulated images of energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) produced in charge exchange collisions between solar wind protons and neutral atoms in the exosphere of Venus, and make a comparison with earlier results for Mars. The images are found to be dominated by two local maxima. One produced by charge exchange collisions in the solar wind, upstream of the bow shock, and the other close to the dayside ionopause. The simulated ENA fluxes at Venus are lower than those obtained in similar simulations of ENA images at Mars at solar minimum conditions, and close to the fluxes at Mars at solar maximum. Our numerical study shows that the ENA flux decreases with an increasing ionopause altitude. The influence of the Venus nighttime hydrogen bulge on the ENA emission is small. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


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Gunell, H.; Holmstrom, M.; Biernat, H.K.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич