Theoretical properties of offset bipolar electric field solitary structures in space plasmas |
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Authors: | M.N.S. Qureshi Jiankui Shi Klaus Torkar Zhenxing Liu |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Physics, GC University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan;2. State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, CSSAR, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;3. Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-8042 Graz, Austria |
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Abstract: | The bipolar electric field solitary (EFS) structures have been frequently observed in the near Earth plasma regions, such as auroral zone, magnetopause, cusp regions, and magneto-tail. Sometimes these structures are observed as offset bipolar structures. In this paper, the properties of the offset bipolar EFS structures parallel to the magnetic field are studied with an ion fluid model in a cylindrical symmetry by considering electrostatic condition. The model results show that the offset bipolar EFS structures can develop from both ion-acoustic waves and ion cyclotron waves, and propagate along the magnetic field line in the space plasmas if plasma satisfies some conditions. The offset bipolar EFS structures can have both polarities. It will be first negative pulse and then positive pulse if the initial electric field E0 < 0 or reverse in order if E0 > 0. The amplitude of the offset bipolar EFS structures first decreases and then increases with the wave propagation velocity. Some results from our model are consistent with the observations. |
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Keywords: | Offset bipolar structures Solitary waves Fluid model Bipolar electric field structures |
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