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Article Dans Une Revue Annales Geophysicae Année : 2022

Dayside magnetopause reconnection and flux transfer events under radial interplanetary magnetic field (IMF): BepiColombo Earth-flyby observations

Weijie Sun
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James A. Slavin
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Rumi Nakamura
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Daniel Heyner
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Karlheinz J. Trattner
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Johannes Z. D. Mieth
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Jiutong Zhao
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Qiu-Gang Zong
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Yoshifumi Saito

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This study analyzes the flux transfer event (FTE)-type flux ropes and magnetic reconnection around the dayside magnetopause during BepiColombo's Earth flyby. The magnetosheath has a high plasma β (∼ 8), and the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) has a significant radial component. Six flux ropes are identified around the magnetopause. The motion of flux ropes together with the maximum magnetic shear model suggests that the reconnection X-line possibly swipes BepiColombo near the magnetic equator due to an increase in the radial component of the IMF. The flux rope with the highest flux content contains a clear coalescence signature, i.e., two smaller flux ropes merge, supporting theoretical predictions that the flux contents of flux ropes can grow through coalescence. The coalescence of the two FTE-type flux ropes takes place through secondary reconnection at the point of contact between the two flux ropes. The BepiColombo measurements indicate a large normalized guide field and a reconnection rate comparable to that measured at the magnetopause (∼ 0.1).
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insu-03672031 , version 1 (19-05-2022)

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Weijie Sun, James A. Slavin, Rumi Nakamura, Daniel Heyner, Karlheinz J. Trattner, et al.. Dayside magnetopause reconnection and flux transfer events under radial interplanetary magnetic field (IMF): BepiColombo Earth-flyby observations. Annales Geophysicae, 2022, 40 (2), pp.217-229. ⟨10.5194/angeo-40-217-2022⟩. ⟨insu-03672031⟩
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