Quasi-Stable Storm Reconnection Region

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Dec 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmsm23b1711l&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SM23B-1711

Physics

2740 Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, 2748 Magnetotail Boundary Layers, 2753 Numerical Modeling, 2788 Magnetic Storms And Substorms (7954)

Scientific paper

The Lyon-Feddar-Mobarry (LFM) global MHD code for the magnetosphere develops a quasi-steady reconnection region at about 35-45 RE in the tail during storms. One of the features of this structure is that it produces a region of fast sunward flow just inside the magnetopause. In this paper we present evidence from THEMIS that such a flow layer does exist during the main phase of at least one storm, but it was absent during a period of substorm activity. The implication is that the LFM solution to magnetospheric convection and magnetotail topology resulting from a strong, steady southward magnetic field in the solar wind may be physically realistic.

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