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Contribution of the Hall current effect in the substorm current system

Research Project

Project/Area Number 12640431
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Space and upper atmospheric physics
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

NAGAI Tsugunobu  Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Professor, 大学院・理工学研究科, 教授 (60260527)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) FUJIMOTO Masaki  Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Associate Professor, 大学院・理工学研究科, 助教授 (30242811)
Project Period (FY) 2000 – 2002
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2002)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Keywordsmagnetosphere / substorm / field-aligned current / MHD / the Hall current system / magnetotail / The magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling / reconnection / ホール効果
Research Abstract

In magnetic reconnection in the thin plasma sheet of the Earth's magnetotail, inflow electrons flow with the magnetic field line to the diffusion region, whereas inflow ions cannot reach the diffusion region and rest around a distance of the ion inertial length. The relative motion of the electrons and ions results in electric currents, that is, the Hall currents. The Hall currents can enhance the reconnection rate, so that it is important to evaluate the effects of the Hall currents in magnetic reconnection in observations as well as in simulations. We have investigated the plasma and magnetic field structure near the magnetic reconnection region in the magnetotail with the Geotail spacecraft. We have demonstrated the existence of the four Hall current loops with direct measurements of current density and with the resulting magnetic field By variations. We have firmly established that the outward currents in the outermost plasma sheet are carried with low-energy inflowing electrons. The inward currents exist in the adjacent region, just inside of the outward currents. Furthermore, the resulting By deflection is confined into the thin layer in the plasma sheet/tail lobe boundary. Hence, each current loop has the thin double-sheet current structure. With simulations, we have deduced the thickness of the double-sheet current structure and have found that its thickness is of the order of ion inertial length.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2002 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (21 results)

All Other

All Publications (21 results)

  • [Publications] T.Nagai, H.J.Singer, T.Mukai, T.Yamamoto, Kokubun: "Dvelopment of substorms in the near-Earth tail"Advances in Space Research. 25. 1651-1662 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Y.Yamade, M.Fujimoto, N.Yokokawa, M.S.Nakamura: "Field-aligned currents generated in magnetotail reconnection : 3D Hall-MHD simulations"Geophysical Research Letters. 27. 1091-1094 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] N.Yokokawa, M.Fujimoto, Y.Yamade, T.Mukai: "Hall effects on field-aligned current generation in three-Dimensional magnetic reconnection"Earth, Planets and Space. 53. 501-507 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] M.Fujimoto, T.Nagai, N.Yokokawa, Y.Yamade, T.Mukai, Y.Saito, S.Kokubun: "Tailward electrons at the lobe-plasma sheet interface detected upon depolarization"Journal of Geophysical Research. 106. 21255-21262 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T.Nagai, I.Shinohara, M.Fujimoto, M.Hoshino, Y.Saito, S.Machida, T.Mukai: "Geotail observations of the Hall current system : Evidence of magnetic reconnection in the magnetotail"Journal of Geophysical Research. 106. 25929-25949 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T.Nagai, M.S.Nakamura, I.Shinohara, M.Fujimoto, Y.Saito, T.Mukai: "Counterstreaming ions as evidence of magnetic reconnection in the recovery phase of substorm at the kinetic level"Physics of Plasmas. 9. 3705-3711 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T. Nagai, H. J. Singer, T. Mukai, T. Yamamoto, and Kokubun: "Development of substorms in the near-Earth tail"Advances in Space Research. 25. 1651-1662 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Y. Yamade, M. Fujimoto, N. Yokokawa and M. S. Nakamura: "Field-aligned currents generated in magnetotail reconnection : 3D Hall-MHD simulations"Geophysical Research Letters. 27. 1091-1094 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] N. Yokokawa, M. Fujimoto, Y. Yamade, and T. Mukai: "Hall effects on field-aligned current generation in three-dimensional magnetic reconnection"Earth, Planets and Space. 53. 501-507 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] M. Fujimoto, T. Nagai, N. Yokokawa, Y. Yamade, T. Mukai, Y. Saito, and S. Kokubun: "Tailward electrons at the lobe-plasma sheet interface detected upon depolarization"Journal of Geophysical Research. 106. 21255-21262 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T. Nagai, I. Shinohara, M. Fujimoto, M. Hoshino, Y. Saito, S. Machida, and T. Mukai: "Geotail observations of the Hall current system : Evidence of magnetic reconnection in the magnetotail"Journal of Geophysical Research. 106. 25929-25949 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T. Nagai, M. S. Nakamura, I. Shinohara, M. Fujimoto, Y. Saito, and T. Mukai: "Counterstreaming ions as evidence of magnetic reconnection in the recovery phase of substorm at the kinetic level"Physics of Plasmas. 9. 3705-3711 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T.Nagai, H.J.Singer, T.Mukai, T.Yamamoto, Kokubun: "Dvelopment of substorms in the near-Earth tail"Advances in Space Research. 25. 1651-1662 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Y.Yamade, M.Fujimoto, N.Yokokawa, M.S.Nakamura: "Field-aligned currents generated in magnetotail reconnection : 3D Hall-MHD simulations"Geophysical Research Letters. 27. 1091-1094 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] N.Yokokawa, M.Fujimoto, Y.Yamade, T.Mukai: "Hall effects on field-aligned current generation in three-dimensional magnetic reconnection"Earth, Planets and Space. 53. 501-507 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] M.Fujimoto, T.Nagai, N.Yokokawa, Y.Yamade, T.Mukai, Y.Saito, S.Kokubun: "Tailward electrons at the lobe-plasma sheet interface detected upon depolarization"Journal of Geophysical Research. 106. 21255-21262 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] T.Nagai, I.Shinohara, M.Fujimoto, M.Hoshino, Y.Saito, S.Machida, T.Mukai: "Geotail observations of the Hall current system : Evidence of magnetic reconnection in the magnetotail"Journal of Geophysical Research. 106. 25929-25949 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] T.Nagai, M.S.Nakamura, I.Shinohara, M.Fujimoto, Y.Saito, T.Mukai: "Counterstreaming ions as evidence of magnetic reconnection in the recovery phase of substorm at the kinetic level"Physics of Plasmas. 9. 3705-3711 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] M.Fujimoto: "Tailward electrons at the lobe-plasma sheet interface in the near-Earth tail crossed upon dipolarizations"J. Geophys. Res. 106. 21255-21262 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] T.Nagai: "Geotail observations of the Hall current system : Evidence of magnetic reconnection in the magnetotail,"J. Geophys. Res. 106. 25929-25949 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Y.Yamade,M.Fujimoto,N.Yokokawa,and M.S.Nakamura: "Field-aligned currents generated in magnetotail reconnection : 3D Hall-MHD simulations"Geophysical Research Letters. 27. 1091-1094 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report

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