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A family of Vlasov-Maxwell equilibrium distribution functions describing a transition from the Harris sheet to the force-free Harris sheet
T. Neukirch, F. Wilson, O. Allanson
We discuss a family of Vlasov-Maxwell equilibrium distribution functions for current sheet equilibria that are intermediate cases between the Harris sheet and the force-free (or mo…
Collisionless distribution functions for force-free current sheets: using a pressure transformation to lower the plasma beta
Fiona Wilson, Thomas Neukirch, Oliver Allanson
So far, only one distribution function giving rise to a collisionless nonlinear force-free current sheet equilibrium allowing for a plasma beta less than one is known (Allanson et…
Exact Vlasov-Maxwell equilibria for asymmetric current sheets
O. Allanson, F. Wilson, T. Neukirch +2
The NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale mission has made in situ diffusion region and kinetic-scale resolution measurements of asymmetric magnetic reconnection for the first time, in th…
Force-free collisionless current sheet models with non-uniform temperature and density profiles
F. Wilson, T. Neukirch, O. Allanson
We present a class of one-dimensional, strictly neutral, Vlasov-Maxwell equilibrium distribution functions for force-free current sheets, with magnetic fields defined in terms of J…