A study of multiple X line reconnection at the dayside magnetopause

Details A study of multiple X line reconnection at the dayside magnetopause A study of multiple X line reconnection at the dayside magnetopause

Apr 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988georl..15..295s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 15, April 1988, p. 295-298.

Physics

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Geomagnetism, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetopause, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Solar Wind, Daytime, Dipole Moments, Finite Difference Theory

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Interaction between the interplanetary magnetic field and the earth's geomagnetic field at the dayside magnetopause is studied by a global two-dimensional incompressible MHD simulation. It is found that for a large magnetic Reynolds number the multiple X line reconnection (MXR) becomes the major dayside reconnection process, while for a small magnetic Reynolds number the classical single X line reconnection takes place. Since the magnetic Reynolds number at the dayside magnetopause is probably very high, it may be suggested that MXR will dominate the dayside reconnection pattern.

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