Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995jgr...10014833d&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 100, Issue A8, p. 14833-14842
Physics
Plasma Physics
3
Ionosphere: Planetary Ionospheres, Magnetospheric Physics: Solar Wind Interactions With Unmagnetized Bodies, Space Plasma Physics: Magnetic Reconnection, Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Ionospheres
Scientific paper
The role of magnetic reconnection in the dynamics of the Venus dayside ionopause is investigated. The dispersion relation of the resistive tearing mode for the asymmetric ionopause equilibrium is derived and solved. It is shown that typical signatures of this mode correspond to helical magnetic flux tubes (flux ropes) as observed by Pioneer Venus Orbiter. Nonlinear numerical MHD-simulations were carried out in addition to the analytical investigations. The results of these simulations support our view that magnetic reconnection plays an essential role in the dynamic interaction of the solar wind with the Venus ionosphere.
Birk Guido Thorsten
Dreher John
Otto Andreas
Schindler Karl
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