Magnetotail Current Sheet Thinning in Global Simulations of Magnetosphere Dynamics.

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Dec 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005agufmsm23b0430t&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2005, abstract #SM23B-0430

Physics

2723 Magnetic Reconnection (7526, 7835), 2744 Magnetotail, 2748 Magnetotail Boundary Layers, 2788 Magnetic Storms And Substorms (7954)

Scientific paper

We perform simulations of magnetotail dynamics using the global MHD models at the Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC). We select solar wind conditions which drive the accumulation of magnetic field in the tail lobes and subsequent magnetotail current sheet thinning. We will demonstrate the formation of bifurcated and triple-peak current sheets during this phase. In addition, we will analyze the dependence of the thin current sheet structure, location, rate of the thinning and timing of reconnection onset on solar wind conditions. Finally, we will discuss the role of dayside reconnection rate, of diffusion at the flanks, and of distant tail processes on the dynamics of the current sheet thinning.

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