Tearing modes at the magnetopause

dc.contributor.author	Lakhina, G.S.
dc.contributor.author	Schindler, K.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-04-24T10:28:33Z
dc.date.accessioned	2021-02-12T10:28:53Z
dc.date.available	2015-04-24T10:28:33Z
dc.date.available	2021-02-12T10:28:53Z
dc.date.issued	1996
dc.identifier.citation	JGR, v.101/A2, p.2707-2711,1996, DOI: 10.1029/95JA03216	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/23
dc.description.abstract	It is shown that the shear flow present in the magnetopause current layer can destabilize the tearing modes depending upon the Mach number profiles. Using a variational principle, an heuristic stability criterion based on the form of the Mach number profile is obtained. This criterion could be used as a handy tool to search for tearing mode instability of a given magnetopause equilibrium with shear flow. The Doppler shifted magnetic structures produced by the tearing modes would be observable at ultralow frequencies in the range of ∼ 5 – 650 mHz in the satellite frame of reference.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Tearing modes	en_US
dc.subject	Magnetopause	en_US
dc.title	Tearing modes at the magnetopause	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.identifier.accession	090506