The energy-based scaling of a thin current sheet: case studyстатья
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Аннотация:The influence of average plasma energy inline image on the half-thickness ℓ of a thin current sheet (TCS) is investigated for three cases of TCSs crossings. The value of ℓ was estimated from the magnetic field data by means of Cluster observations. The obtained scaling values for TCSs, inline image, where ρT is the thermal larmor radius, were compared with the scaling inline image, where inline image and T are the average plasma energy and the temperature of plasma, which assumes a specific dynamics (conservation of magnetic flux through the trajectory segment) of the current carriers. The comparison of inline image and Zμ shows a good agreement.