scholarly journals Global-scale hybrid simulation of dayside magnetic reconnection under southward IMF: Structure and evolution of reconnection

2011 ◽  
Vol 116 (A2) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Tan ◽  
Y. Lin ◽  
J. D. Perez ◽  
X. Y. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Hybrid Simulation ◽  
Global Scale

scholarly journals Secondary Magnetic Reconnection at Earth’s Flank Magnetopause

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. B. Tang ◽  
W. Y. Li ◽  
C. Wang ◽  
Yu. V. Khotyaintsev ◽  
D. B. Graham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Open Field ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Diffusion Region ◽  
Magnetic Shear ◽  
Magnetospheric Multiscale ◽  
Field Lines ◽  
Secondary Ion ◽  
Magnetospheric Field

We report local secondary magnetic reconnection at Earth’s flank magnetopause by using the Magnetospheric Multiscale observations. This reconnection is found at the magnetopause boundary with a large magnetic shear between closed magnetospheric field lines and the open field lines generated by the primary magnetopause reconnection at large scales. Evidence of this secondary reconnection are presented, which include a secondary ion jet and the encounter of the electron diffusion region. Thus the observed secondary reconnection indicates a cross-scale process from a global scale to an electron scale. As the aurora brightening is also observed at the morning ionosphere, the present secondary reconnection suggests a new pathway for the entry of the solar wind into geospace, providing an important modification to the classic Dungey cycle.

scholarly journals A three-dimensional hybrid simulation of magnetic reconnection

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (15) ◽  
pp. 2917-2920 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Nakamura ◽  
M. Fujimoto
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Hybrid Simulation

Hybrid Simulation of Ion Orbits in Magnetic Reconnection

2003 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingdong JIA ◽  
Yi LI ◽  
Shui WANG ◽  
Yasong GE
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Hybrid Simulation

Turbulence-driven magnetic reconnection in the magnetosheath downstream of a quasi-parallel shock：a three-dimensional global hybrid simulation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quanming Lu ◽  
Huanyu Wang ◽  
Xueyi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Electromagnetic Waves ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Hybrid Simulation ◽  
Bow Shock ◽  
Ion Flow ◽  
Current Sheets ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Outflow Region

<p>Satellite observations with high-resolution measurements have demonstrated the existence of intermittent current sheets and occurrence of magnetic reconnection in a quasi-parallel magnetosheath behind the terrestrial bow shock. In this Letter, by performing a three-dimensional (3-D) global hybrid simulation, we investigated the characteristics of the quasi-parallel magnetosheath of the bow shock, which is formed due to the interaction of the solar wind with the earth’s magnetosphere. Current sheets with widths of several ion inertial lengths are found to be produced in the magnetosheath after the upstream large amplitude electromagnetic waves penetrate through the shock and are then compressed in the downstream. Magnetic reconnection consequently occurs in these current sheets, where high-speed ion flow jets are identified in the outflow region. Simultaneously, flux ropes with the extension (along the   direction) of about several earth’s radii are also observed. Our simulation shed new insight on the mechanism for the occurrence of magnetic reconnection in the quasi-parallel shocked magnetosheath.</p>

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