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Jan 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989jgr....94..287b&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 94, Jan. 1, 1989, p. 287-298.
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Earth Magnetosphere, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetopause, Plasma Layers, Geomagnetic Tail, Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Magnetohydrodynamics, Magnetosheath
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Using ideal magnetohydrodynamics, the structure of the reconnection layer in the Petschek reconnection model has been analyzed as a function of inflow parameters by Heyn et al. (1988). The application of this analysis to conditions which are appropriate to the earth's magnetopause is examined. For nonantiparallel magnetic field configurations, the field rotation from one inflow region to the other is achieved through two Alfven waves bounding the reconnection layer, although the rotation on the magnetosheath edge is much stronger. Slow shocks or slow expansion waves are needed in addition in order to form a match between the field strengths, and their appearance and strength depends on the degree of asymmetry of the inflow region parameters.
Biernat Helfried K.
Farrugia Charles J.
Heyn Martin F.
Rijnbeek Richard Philip
Semenov Vladimir
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