Magnetic field reconnection patterns at the dayside magnetopause - An MHD simulation study

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Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetohydrodynamics, Magnetopause, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Daytime, Earth Magnetosphere, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Simulation, Space Plasmas

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The magnetic field reconnection patterns at the dayside magnetopause are investigated using a global 2D incompressible MHD simulation. Results yield magnetic field configurations associated with the various reconnection processes, including steady state single X line reconnection, impulsive multiple X line reconnection, and bursty single X line reconnection. Quantitative relations between magnetic field reconnection patterns were established, and physical parameters were determined, including the magnetopause resistivity and the solar wind Alfven Mach number. Results were used to study plasma flow patterns at the dayside magnetopause associated with dayside reconnection and to interpret some of the observed features of flux transfer events.

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