Magnetic Reconnection Inside Solar Wind Rotational Discontinuity During Its Interaction With the Quasi‐Perpendicular Bow Shock and Magnetosheath

Guo, Zhifang; Lin, Y.; Wang, Xueyi; Du, Aimin

doi:10.1029/2021ja029979

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“…Other simulations focusing on the interaction of rotational discontinuities with the quasi-parallel shock reveal more complex behavior. In particular, the discontinuity can be affected by the enhanced fluctuations in the foreshock, causing more complex structure and local current sheet thinning and reconnection (Guo et al 2021b).…”

Section: Interaction Of Discrete Current Sheets With the Bow Shock An...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Cross-Scale Processes of Magnetic Reconnection

Hwang,

Nakamura,

Eastwood

et al. 2023

Space Sci Rev

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Various physical processes in association with magnetic reconnection occur over multiple scales from the microscopic to macroscopic scale lengths. This paper reviews multi-scale and cross-scale aspects of magnetic reconnection revealed in the near-Earth space beyond the general global-scale features and magnetospheric circulation organized by the Dungey Cycle. Significant and novel advancements recently reported, in particular, since the launch of the Magnetospheric Multi-scale mission (MMS), are highlighted being categorized into different locations with different magnetic topologies. These potentially paradigm-shifting findings include shock and foreshock transient driven reconnection, magnetosheath turbulent reconnection, flow shear driven reconnection, multiple X-line structures generated in the dayside/flankside/nightside magnetospheric current sheets, development and evolution of reconnection-driven structures such as flux transfer events, flux ropes, and dipolarization fronts, and their interactions with ambient plasmas. The paper emphasizes key aspects of kinetic processes leading to multi-scale structures and bringing large-scale impacts of magnetic reconnection as discovered in the geospace environment. These key features can be relevant and applicable to understanding other heliospheric and astrophysical systems.

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Section: Interaction Of Discrete Current Sheets With the Bow Shock An...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Cross-Scale Processes of Magnetic Reconnection

Hwang,

Nakamura,

Eastwood

et al. 2023

Space Sci Rev

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Strategic Study for the Development of Space Physics

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TIAN³

et al. 2023

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Triggering the Magnetopause Reconnection by Solar Wind Discontinuities

Lukin,

Guo,

Lin

et al. 2024

ApJ

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Magnetic reconnection is one of the most universal processes in space plasma that is responsible for charged particle acceleration and the mixing and heating of plasma populations. In this paper we consider a triggering process of reconnection that is driven by interaction of two discontinuities: solar wind rotational discontinuity and tangential discontinuity at Earth’s magnetospheric boundary, the magnetopause. Combining multispacecraft measurements and global hybrid simulations, we show that solar wind discontinuities may drive the magnetopause reconnection and cause the mixing of the solar wind and magnetosphere plasmas around the magnetopause, well downstream of the solar wind flow. Since large-amplitude discontinuities are frequently observed in the solar wind and predicted for various stellar winds, our results of reconnection driven by the discontinuity–discontinuity interaction may have a broad application beyond the magnetosphere.

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Magnetic Reconnection Inside Solar Wind Rotational Discontinuity During Its Interaction With the Quasi‐Perpendicular Bow Shock and Magnetosheath

Cited by 4 publications

References 54 publications

Cross-Scale Processes of Magnetic Reconnection

Cross-Scale Processes of Magnetic Reconnection

Strategic Study for the Development of Space Physics

Triggering the Magnetopause Reconnection by Solar Wind Discontinuities

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