Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010georl..3702103n&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 37, Issue 2, CiteID L02103
Physics
Plasma Physics
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Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetic Reconnection (7526, 7835), Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy: Magnetic Reconnection (2723, 7835), Space Plasma Physics: Laboratory Studies And Experimental Techniques, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetotail
Scientific paper
We have studied the magnetic island coalescence process in an open system with two-fluid simulations including electron inertial effects. We have found that the two X-lines at the lateral-edges of a perturbed current sheet possess the intrinsic advantage to dominate and to create an inflating magnetic island between them. While this state will eventually be taken over by the well-known single X-line structure, the double X-line state can be extended in time and is expected commonly in maturing stages of reconnection regions.
Fujimoto Minoru
Nakamura Takuma K. M.
Sekiya Hiroyuki
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