Inflow Density Influence on Magnetotail Reconnection

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Dec 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufmsm41a1862w&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #SM41A-1862

Physics

[2723] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetic Reconnection, [2744] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetotail, [2753] Magnetospheric Physics / Numerical Modeling

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In the Earth's magnetotail, it is postulated that the lobe density could be two orders of magnitude less than the plasma sheet density [e,g., Haaland et al., 2009]. However, the lobe density is never measured due to instrument limitations. In this paper, we study reconnection characteristics for varying inflow densities using a particle-in-cell (PIC) code. We analyze the scaling of fundamental diffusion region parameters with varying inflow density. In addition,regions downstream of the diffusion region are examined for back-pressure effects and propagation of reconnection signatures. Comparisons with Cluster and THEMIS observations of magnetotail reconnection are performed.

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