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| Titel |
Magnetopause reconnection and interlinked flux tubes |
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F. R. Cardoso, W. D. Gonzalez, D. G. Sibeck, M. Kuznetsova, D. Koga |
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Englisch
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0992-7689
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In: Annales Geophysicae ; 31, no. 10 ; Nr. 31, no. 10 (2013-10-30), S.1853-1866 |
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250086135
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/angeo-31-1853-2013.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Magnetic reconnection can be a continuous or a transient process. Global
magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations are important tools to understand the
relevant magnetic reconnection mechanisms and the resulting magnetic
structures. We have studied magnetopause reconnection using a global 3-D MHD
simulation in which the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) has been set to
large positive By and large negative Bz components, i.e., a south-duskward
direction. Flux tubes have been observed even during these constant solar
wind conditions. We have focused on the interlinked flux tubes event
resulting from time-dependent, patchy and multiple reconnection. At the event
onset, two reconnection modes seem to occur simultaneously: a time-dependent,
patchy and multiple reconnection for the subsolar region; and, a steady and
large-scale reconnection for the regions far from the subsolar site. |
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