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Space plasma turbulent dissipation - Reality or myth?A prevalent approach to understanding magnetospheric dynamics is to combine a hydromagnetic description of the large scale magnetic structure and convection flows with a locally determined anomalous dissipation which develops in boundary layers. Three problems (nose and tail reconnection, auroral field-aligned currents, and diffuse auroral precipitation) are critically examined to test the validity of this theoretical philosophy. Although the expected plasma wave turbulence is observed for each case, the concept of local anomalous dissipation fails to provide an adequate or complete description of the phenomenae.
Document ID
19860041656
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Coroniti, F. V.
(California, University Los Angeles, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Space Science Reviews
Volume: 42
ISSN: 0038-6308
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
86A26394
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-81-19544
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-05-007-190
Distribution Limits
Public
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