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Two-dimensional numerical simulation of dynamics of small-scale irregularities in the near-Earth plasma

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The behavior of small-scale irregularities of the electron density, which can exist in the near-Earth plasma at the ionospheric and magnetospheric heights is studied. They can be of both natural and artificial origin. The kinetic approach is used, and the Vlasov-Poisson system of equations is numerically solved using the method of large particles. In the plane perpendicular to the magnetic field, the evolution of a single irregularity having a circular cross-section at the initial moment is calculated. The influence of the transverse dimension of the irregularity and the value of deviation from electro-neutrality at the initial moment on the parameters characterizing the process of irregularity evolution is studied.

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Original Russian Text © O.V. Mingalev, I.V. Mingalev, V.S. Mingalev, 2006, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2006, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 416–427.

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Mingalev, O.V., Mingalev, I.V. & Mingalev, V.S. Two-dimensional numerical simulation of dynamics of small-scale irregularities in the near-Earth plasma. Cosmic Res 44, 398–408 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952506050030

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