Triggering of magnetic reconnection in a magnetosheath current sheet due to compression against the magnetopause

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[2723] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetic Reconnection, [2728] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetosheath, [2784] Magnetospheric Physics / Solar Wind/Magnetosphere Interactions

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We report in-situ measurements by three THEMIS spacecraft showing the evolution of reconnection in a solar wind current sheet as the current sheet transited from the solar wind across the bow shock and close to the magnetopause on July 11, 2008. The observations suggest that the solar wind reconnection exhaust within the current sheet was disrupted by its interaction with the bow shock, while the subsequent compression of the current sheet against the magnetopause significantly reduced both the current sheet thickness and the plasma beta and initiated reconnection at a new X-line located within the magnetosheath.

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