The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
We study numerically the dynamics of the plasma tail with a super-Alfvenic flow in the lobes on the basis of a compressible MHD model. The results show that flow tearing mode instability is excited by the sheared flow which exists between the plasma sheet and the lobes. It causes field reconnection and forms magnetic islands and high-density plasmoids that move tailward. The effect of a local driving...
Set the date range to filter the displayed results. You can set a starting date, ending date or both. You can enter the dates manually or choose them from the calendar.