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Particle Dynamics And Resistivity Characteristics In Bifurcated Current Sheets, Tushar Andriyas
Particle Dynamics And Resistivity Characteristics In Bifurcated Current Sheets, Tushar Andriyas
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Charged particle chaos and its collective effects in different magnetic geometries are investigated in a sequence of various numerical experiments. The fields generated by the particles as a result of interaction with the background electric and magnetic fields is not accounted for in the simulation. An X-line is first used to describe the geometry of the magnetotail prior to magnetic reconnection and a study of the behavior of charged particles is done from a microscopic viewpoint. Another important geometry in the magnetotail prior to substorm onset is Bifurcated Current Sheet. The same analysis is done for this configuration. The existence …