Stationary distribution function for non-adiabatic particle motion in a one dimensional current sheet |
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| Authors: | Andrew N Wright |
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| Institution: | The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ, U.K. |
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| Abstract: | The problem of pitch angle scattering in field configurations similar to those found in the geomagnetic tail has been studied previously by Tsyganenko (1982). Tsyganenko used a scattering matrix to map pitch angle distributions through the current sheet. By using numerical solutions of the resulting integral equations he showed for weakly non-adiabatic particles the Stationary Distribution Function (SDF) was isotropic. Using his procedure the SDF was found to develop anisotropies with increasing non-adiabaticity. The work presented here shows analytically that for any degree of scattering the SDF must be isotropic for a general planar field reversal. Computations of particle trajectories have been used to verify some aspects of the analytic work. |
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