On the termination of the closed field line region of the magnetotail

Details On the termination of the closed field line region of the magnetotail On the termination of the closed field line region of the magnetotail

Oct 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992jgr....9714833b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 97, no. A10, p. 14,833-14,840.

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Geomagnetic Tail, Plasma Interactions, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Space Plasmas, Current Sheets, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields

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Experimental models and global computer simulations are used to study the field structure and location of the site where the closed plasma sheet terminates. The site - also called the 'distant neutral line' - is described with references to several solar-wind parameters that can change its characteristic properties. A laboratory experiment is then conducted in which a flowing magnetized plasma beam interacts with a dipole field. High-latitude nightside reconnection is supported by the simulation results comparing the effects of northward and southward interplanetary fields. The results support the models by Dungey (1961, 1963) that predict high-latitude nightside reconnection and an open magnetosphere. A significant finding is that a magnetic neutral line at the closed-field line region is not a necessary component of the region.

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