Structure of the boundary layer for steady-state magnetopause reconnection

Details Structure of the boundary layer for steady-state magnetopause reconnection Structure of the boundary layer for steady-state magnetopause reconnection

Sep 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984esasp.217..143h&link_type=abstract

In ESA Achievements of the Intern. Magnetospheric Study (IMS) p 143-146 (SEE N85-24544 14-46)

Mathematics

Boundary Layer Plasmas, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetopause, Bow Waves, Magnetosheath, Mathematical Models, Plasma Waves, Plasmasphere, Shock Waves

Scientific paper

The nonlinear Petschek model of steady-state magnetic field-line reconnection is generalized to asymmetric conditions typical for the magnetopause. As a result the boundary layer, i.e., the region between an intermediate wave close to the magnetosheath and a slow shock close to the magnetosphere, consists of three sectors separated by a further slow shock and a contact discontinuity. If the magnetospheric Alfven speed exceeds the magnetosheath Alfven speed by a certain amount a rarefaction wave (slow expansion fan) develops instead of the inner slow shock.

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