Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....98.3943l&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A3, p. 3943-3951.
Physics
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Boundary Layer Plasmas, Flux Transfer Events, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetopause, Lines Of Force, Magnetic Flux, Topology
Scientific paper
A mechanism for the formation of fossil flux transfer events and the low-level boundary layer within the framework of multiple X-line reconnection is proposed. Attention is given to conditions for which the bulk of magnetic flux in a flux rope of finite extent has a simple magnetic topology, where the four possible connections of magnetic field lines are: IMF to MSP, MSP to IMF, IMF to IMF, and MSP to MSP. For a sufficient relative shift of the X lines, magnetic flux may enter a flux rope from the magnetosphere and exit into the magnetosphere. This process leads to the formation of magnetic flux ropes which contain a considerable amount of magnetosheath plasma on closed magnetospheric field lines. This process is discussed as a possible explanation for the formation of fossil flux transfer events in the magnetosphere and the formation of the low-latitude boundary layer.
Fu Z. F.
Lee Clarence L.
Ma Zhi-Wei
Otto Andreas
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