%0 Journal Article
%T Numerical Modeling of the Time Evolution  of Super-Small-Scale Irregularities in the Near-Earth Rarefied Plasma
%A Oleg V. Mingalev
%A Mikhail N. Melnik
%A Victor S. Mingalev
%J International Journal of Geosciences
%P 67-78
%@ 2156-8367
%D 2015
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ijg.2015.61005
%X The time evolution of the
magnetic field aligned super-small-scale irregularities in the concentration of
charged particles, existing in the near-Earth rarefied plasma, is studied with
the help of the model simulation. A new version of the two-dimensional
mathematical model, developed earlier in the Polar Geophysical Institute, is utilized
to investigate the temporal history of the irregularity with circular cross
section, created initially in the near-Earth plasma. The utilized model is
based on a numerical solution of the Vlasov-Poisson system of equations, with
the Vlasov equations describing the distribution functions of charged particles
and the Poisson equation governing the self-consistent electric field. The
results of simulation indicate that the mobility of the positive ions ought to
influence essentially on the time evolution of the super-small-scale
irregularities in the concentration of charged particles, existing in the
near-Earth rarefied plasma.
%K Near-Earth Plasma
%K Super-Small-Scale Irregularities
%K Numerical Simulation
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53568