Figure 5. Profiles of the coefficient of thermal conductivity of
plasma
calculated for the stationary state
versus the length of the magnetic field line given in the nightside
auroral magnetosphere. The solid and dotted
lines indicate thermal protons and
electrons, respectively.
The curves are shown for the case where
Dr=100 km,
E
=10 mV m-1, and
W/(nkBT2)=10