Magnetic flux ropes at the high-latitude magnetopause

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May 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995georl..22.1189b&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 22, no. 10, p. 1189-1192

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Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetopause, Magnetosheath, Polar Regions, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Solar Wind, Computerized Simulation, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetohydrodynamics, Plasma Compression, Polar Cusps, Three Dimensional Models

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We examine the consequences of magnetic reconnection at the high-latitude magnetopause using a three-dimensional global magnetohydrodynamic simulation of the solar wind interaction with the Earth's magnetosphere. Magnetic field lines from the simulation reveal the formation of magnetic flux ropes during periods with northward interplanetary magnetic field. These flux ropes result from multiple reconnection processes between the lobes field lines and draped magnetosheath field lines that are convected around the flank of the magnetosphere. The flux ropes identified in the simulation are consistent with features observed in the magnetic field measured by Hawkeye-1 during some high-latitude magnetopause crossings.

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