MAGNETIC RECONNECTION IN THE MAGNETOTAIL CURRENT SHEET FOR VARYING CROSS-TAIL MAGNETIC-FIELD

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作者
HESSE, M
BIRN, J
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[1] Los Alamos Nat. Lab, Los Alamos, New Mexico
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10.1029/GL017i011p02019
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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07 ;
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Three‐dimensional magnetic reconnection is investigated by means of resistive MHD simulations on the basis of magnetotail models with various magnitudes of the average net cross‐tail magnetic field component. Typical quantities such as parallel electric fields, reconnected flux and flow velocities are studied to determine the influence of increasing By values on the fast dynamical evolution of the magnetotail. We find that a cross‐tail magnetic field of less than about 10% of the maximum lobe field strength, as typically observed, has little influence on the dynamic evolution. The dynamic growth becomes considerably suppressed for a cross‐tail field of about 25% of the lobe field strength, which is in the maximum observed range. Copyright 1990 by the American Geophysical Union.
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