Anonlocal two-fluid formulation has been constructed for describing lowerhybrid drift instabilities in current-sheet configuration with a finite guide magnetic field in the context of magnetic reconnection.As a benchm...Anonlocal two-fluid formulation has been constructed for describing lowerhybrid drift instabilities in current-sheet configuration with a finite guide magnetic field in the context of magnetic reconnection.As a benchmark and verification,a class of unstable modes with multiple eigenstates are found by numerical solutions with guide field turned off.It is found that the most unstable modes are the electrostatic,short-wavelength perturbations in the lower-hybrid frequency range,with wave functions localized at the edge of the current sheet where the density gradient reaches its maximum.It is also found that there exist electrostatic modes located near the center of the current sheet where the current density is maximum.These modes are lowfrequency,long-wavelength perturbations.Attempts will bemade to compare the current results with those from kinetic theory in the near future since the validity of the fluid theory ultimately needs to be checked with the more fundamental kinetic theory.展开更多
基金The authors acknowledge fruitful discussions with Liu Chen,and Yu Lin.This work was supported by Department of Energy(DOE)Grants No.DE-FG02-07ER54916(UC Irvine)and DE-FG02-05ER54826(Auburn University)NSF Grant No.ATM-0449606Los Alamos National Laboratory Subcontract No.50219-001-07.
文摘Anonlocal two-fluid formulation has been constructed for describing lowerhybrid drift instabilities in current-sheet configuration with a finite guide magnetic field in the context of magnetic reconnection.As a benchmark and verification,a class of unstable modes with multiple eigenstates are found by numerical solutions with guide field turned off.It is found that the most unstable modes are the electrostatic,short-wavelength perturbations in the lower-hybrid frequency range,with wave functions localized at the edge of the current sheet where the density gradient reaches its maximum.It is also found that there exist electrostatic modes located near the center of the current sheet where the current density is maximum.These modes are lowfrequency,long-wavelength perturbations.Attempts will bemade to compare the current results with those from kinetic theory in the near future since the validity of the fluid theory ultimately needs to be checked with the more fundamental kinetic theory.
