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3D Magnetic Holes in Collisionless Plasmas

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Recent multispacecraft observations in the Earth’s magnetosphere have revealed an abundance of magnetic holes—localized magnetic field depressions. These magnetic holes are characterized by the plasma pressure enhancement and strongly localized currents flowing around the hole boundaries. There are several numerical and analytical models describing 2D configurations of magnetic holes, but the 3D distribution of magnetic fields and electric currents is studied poorly. Such a 3D magnetic field configuration is important for accurate investigation of charged particle dynamics within magnetic holes. Moreover, the 3D distribution of currents can be used for distant probing of magnetic holes in the magnetosphere. In this study, a 3D magnetic hole model using the single-fluid approximation and a spatial scale hierarchy with the distinct separation of gradients is developed. It is shown that such 3D holes can be obtained as a generalization of 1D models with the plasma pressure distribution adopted from the kinetic approach. The proposed model contains two magnetic field components and field-aligned currents. The magnetic field line configuration resembles the magnetic trap where hot charged particles bounce between mirror points. However, the approximation of isotropic pressure results in a constant plasma pressure along magnetic field lines, and the proposed magnetic hole model does not confine plasma along the field direction.

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  1. Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    P. Shustov & E. Yushkov

  2. Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    P. Shustov, A. Artemyev, E. Yushkov & I. Vasko

  3. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    A. Artemyev

  4. Space Sciences Laboratory of University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

    I. Vasko

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Published in Russian in Fizika Plazmy, 2018, Vol. 44, No. 8, pp. 642–651.

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Shustov, P., Artemyev, A., Yushkov, E. et al. 3D Magnetic Holes in Collisionless Plasmas. Plasma Phys. Rep. 44, 729–737 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X18080068

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