Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978jatp...40..355v&link_type=abstract
(European Geophysical Society, Symposium on the Earth's Magnetopause Regions, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sept. 7-10, 1976.) Journal
Physics
Atmospheric Models, Earth Magnetosphere, Geomagnetism, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Lines Of Force, Magnetohydrostatics, Boundary Value Problems, Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetic Effects, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetic Moments, Magnetopause, Neumann Problem, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
A model called the static-state field-line reconnection model is proposed for the magnetosphere in the presence of the interplanetary magnetic field. It is assumed that the magnetopause is an idealized infinitesimally thin tangential discontinuity which shields the magnetospheric region from interplanetary space. The merging process results in a stationary topology of reconnected field lines. Only two initially present magnetic fields are assumed, namely, the dipole field in the magnetosphere and the interplanetary magnetic field. Neumann boundary values are determined by a merging constant. A value of zero for the merging constant corresponds to a closed magnetosphere, and a value of unity corresponds to total reconnection without magnetopause. The choice of a merging constant value between zero and unity leads to any type of magnetosphere, from completely open to completely closed.
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