On the location of the magnetopause neutral points

Details On the location of the magnetopause neutral points On the location of the magnetopause neutral points

Nov 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986jgr....9111977w&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 91, Nov. 1, 1986, p. 11977-11983.

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Earth Magnetosphere, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetopause, Plasma Equilibrium, Polar Cusps, Chapman-Ferraro Problem, Equilibrium Equations, Maxwell Equation, Plasma Sheaths

Scientific paper

The configuration of the polar cusps is studied in a static MHD equilibrium model. By introducing two quasi-linear equilibrium models, it is shown that magnetospheric configurations can be obtained with the magnetopause neutral points located tailward of the earth, and at the same time with reasonable tail magnetic field geometry. It is also concluded that by the pressure balance principle across the magnetopause, if the magnetopause is a smooth surface, then the neutral points cannot be on the dayside boundary.

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