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Three-dimensional flow near a reconnection site at the dayside magnetopause: analytical solutions coupled with MHD simulations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2007

LARS G. WESTERBERG ,
J. VEDIN ,
A. EKENBÄCK  and
H. O. ÅKERSTEDT
LARS G. WESTERBERG
Affiliation:
Division of Fluid Mechanics, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87, Luleå, Sweden
J. VEDIN
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden
A. EKENBÄCK
Affiliation:
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, SE-981 28, Kiruna, Sweden
H. O. ÅKERSTEDT
Affiliation:
Division of Fluid Mechanics, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87, Luleå, Sweden
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Abstract

We present a coupling between an analytical three-dimensional model covering the plasma flow behaviour through the magnetopause transition layer near a reconnection site, with results from a global MHD simulation describing the plasma flow in the magnetosheath. The structure of the plasma flow near a reconnection site at the dayside terrestrial magnetopause is investigated, together with the development of the magnetopause transition region.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 73 , Issue 6 , December 2007 , pp. 811 - 819
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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