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Theoretical and numerical simulation study of the structure of the Hall electric field in the vicinity of the magnetic reconnection site

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2005

F. C. HUANG ,
F. S. WEI  and
X. S. FENG
F. C. HUANG
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory for Space Weather, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 8701, 100080, Beijing, China Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100039, Beijing, China (fchuang@ns.spaceweather.ac.cn)
F. S. WEI
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory for Space Weather, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 8701, 100080, Beijing, China
X. S. FENG
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory for Space Weather, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 8701, 100080, Beijing, China
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Abstract

The Hall effects are suggested to be responsible for the decoupling of electrons and ions of magnetic plasma in the process of magnetic reconnection. However, the process that ultimately causes the electrons to diffuse from the magnetic field in the very small diffusion region remains one of the main unsolved problems in magnetic reconnection theory. In this paper, the structure of the Hall electric field in the diffusion region is studied theoretically in the coordinate system located on the magnetic line. A numerical simulation result for this problem is also given. The new discovery is that electrons can be generated in the diffusion region due to the Hall effects. Therefore the role of the Hall effects in the decoupling of electrons and ions of a magnetic plasma can be clarified in the structure of the Hall electric field.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 72 , Issue 1 , February 2006 , pp. 1 - 10
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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