Simulation of multiple X-line reconnection at the dayside magnetopause

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May 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985georl..12..291f&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 12, May 1985, p. 291-294.

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Current Sheets, Daytime, Magnetohydrodynamics, Magnetopause, Space Plasmas, Incompressible Fluids, International Sun Earth Explorers, Magnetic Flux, Two Dimensional Models

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The multiple X-line reconnection process, which was proposed by Lee and Fu (1985) for the dayside magnetopause, is simulated based on a two-dimensional incompressible MHD model. It is found that when the system length is much larger than the thickness of the current layer, magnetic-flux tubes are repeatedly formed and convected out of the system. Impulsive magnetic reconnections associated with the formation of magnetic-flux tubes are observed. In the case of the dayside magnetopause, magnetic-flux tubes with a cross-section of about 1 R(E)-squared are found to be formed repeatedly every 5-10 minutes, consistent with satellite observations.

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