Quadrupolar pattern of the asymmetric guide-field reconnection

F. Z. Peng; H. S. Fu; J. B. Cao; D. B. Graham; Z. Z. Chen; D. Cao; Y. Xu; S. Y. Huang; T. Y. Wang; Y. V. Khotyaintsev; M. Andre; C. T. Russell; B. Giles; P. A. Lindqvist; R. B. Torbert; R. E. Ergun; J. L. Burch

doi:10.1002/2016JA023666

Quadrupolar pattern of the asymmetric guide-field reconnection

F. Z. Peng
, H. S. Fu^*
, J. B. Cao
, D. B. Graham
, Z. Z. Chen
, D. Cao
, Y. Xu
, S. Y. Huang
, T. Y. Wang
, Y. V. Khotyaintsev
, M. Andre
, C. T. Russell
, B. Giles
, P. A. Lindqvist
, R. B. Torbert
, R. E. Ergun
, J. L. Burch

^*此作品的通讯作者

空间与地球科学学院

Beihang University
Box 537
Wuhan University
University of California at Los Angeles
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
University of New Hampshire
University of Colorado Boulder
Southwest Research Institute

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With high-resolution data of the recently launched Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, we report a magnetic reconnection event at the dayside magnetopause. This reconnection event, having a density asymmetry N_high/N_low ≈ 2 on the two sides of the reconnecting current sheet and a guide field B_g ≈ 0.4B₀ in the “out-of-plane” direction, exhibit all the two-fluid features: Alfvenic plasma jets in the outflow region, bipolar Hall electric fields toward the current sheet center, quadrupolar Hall magnetic fields in the “out-of-plane” direction, and the corresponding Hall currents. Obviously, the density asymmetry N_high/N_low ≈ 2 and the guide field B_g ≈ 0.4B₀ are not sufficient to dismiss the quadrupolar pattern of Hall reconnection. This is different from previous simulations, where the bipolar pattern of Hall reconnection was suggested.

源语言	英语
页（从-至）	6349-6356
页数	8
期刊	Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
卷	122
期	6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JA023666
出版状态	已出版 - 1 6月 2017

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Peng, F. Z., Fu, H. S., Cao, J. B., Graham, D. B., Chen, Z. Z., Cao, D., Xu, Y., Huang, S. Y., Wang, T. Y., Khotyaintsev, Y. V., Andre, M., Russell, C. T., Giles, B., Lindqvist, P. A., Torbert, R. B., Ergun, R. E., & Burch, J. L. (2017). Quadrupolar pattern of the asymmetric guide-field reconnection. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 122(6), 6349-6356. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JA023666

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