Magnetic field-aligned plasma currents in gravitational fields
Analytical models are presented for currents along vertical magnetic field lines due to slow bulk electron motion in plasmas subject to a gravitational force. It is demonstrated that a general feature of this problem is a singularity in the plasma pressure force that develops at some finite alti...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Annales Geophysicae |
| Online Access: | https://www.ann-geophys.net/33/257/2015/angeo-33-257-2015.pdf |