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A preliminary exploration of the mechanism for the occurrence of two types of various magnetic structures in the magnetotail
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  • 分类:P353[天文地球—空间物理学;天文地球—地球物理学]
  • 作者机构:[1]Univ Sci & Technol China, Dept Earth & Space Sci, Hefei 230026, Peoples R China, [2]Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Space Sci & Applicat Res, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China, [3]Beijing Univ, Dept Geophys, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China, [4]Max Planck Inst Aeron, D-37191 Katlanburg Lindau, Germany
  • 相关基金:This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 49874035 and 49834040); and the Space Physics Fund of the First-rate University Program.
中文摘要:

As well known, the magnetic cross-tail component By in the magnetotail is in direct proportion to the in-terplanetary magnetic field (IMF) By component. And the polarity of IMF and plasmoid / flux rope By components do indeed agree. This results indicate that the IMF By penetrates plasmoids and the magnetic structures must therefore be three-dimensional. In this note, the dynamical processes of magnetotail in the course of a substorm are studied using a MHD code with two-dimensions and three components on the basis of two types of initial equilibrium solutions of the quiet magnetotail. The numerical results of two cases illustrate various features of time evolution of By component that correspond to two kinds of plasmoid-like structures: one is associated with a flux rope core and the other resembles a 'closed loop' plamoid. Therefore, the occurrence of various magnetic structures in the magnetotail might be related to nonsteady driven reconnection with different distributions of the By component.

英文摘要:

As well known, the magnetic cross-tail component By in the magnetotail is in direct proportion to the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) B y component. And the polarity of IMF and plasmoid / flux rope B y components do indeed agree. This results indicate that the IMF B y penetrates plasmoids and the magnetic structures must therefore be three-dimensional. In this note, the dynamical processes of magnetotail in the course of a substorm are studied using a MHD code with two-dimensions and three components on the basis of two types of initial equilibrium solutions of the quiet magnetotail. The numerical results of two cases illustrate various features of time evolution of By component that correspond to two kinds of plasmoid-like structures: one is associated with a flux rope core and the other resembles a “closed loop” plamoid. Therefore, the occurrence of various magnetic structures in the magnetotail might be related to nonsteady driven reconnection with different distributions of the B y component.

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