The Scaling of Subsolar Reconnection in LFM Simulations

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Dec 2011

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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, abstract #SM23A-2039

Physics

Plasma Physics

[7835] Space Plasma Physics / Magnetic Reconnection, [7959] Space Weather / Models

Scientific paper

We present the results of new high-resolution simulations of reconnection at the dayside magnetopause under southward IMF conditions using the Lyon-Fedder-Mobarry code. Using this data we will discuss the scaling of the dayside reconnection rate and evaluate the consistency of these findings with the Cassak-Shay theory of asymmetric anti-parallel merging. We will also show how plasma flow away from subsolar point depends on both reconnection and hydrodynamic forces. Previous work with lower resolution simulations showed that the reconnection rate at the subsolar point scaled as half the solar wind electric field and the outflow speed was limited for large southward IMF strength, owing to a saturation of the maximum current sheet density.

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