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Global-scale hybrid simulation of cusp precipitating ions associated with magnetopause reconnection under southward IMF


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dc.contributorB Tan, tanbiny@auburn.eduen_US
dc.creatorTan, B
dc.creatorLin, Y
dc.creatorPerez, J
dc.creatorWang, X
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-20T20:15:04Z
dc.date.available2022-09-20T20:15:04Z
dc.date.created2012
dc.identifier10.1029/2011JA016871en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2011JA016871en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/50343
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.35099/aurora-411
dc.description.abstractWith a 3-D global-scale hybrid simulation model, we investigate the energy spectra of cusp precipitating ions and issues associated with magnetopause reconnection under a southward IMF. Both the spatial and temporal energy spectra of cusp precipitating ions are computed by tracing trajectories of the transmitted magnetosheath ions. The spatial spectrum shows a dispersive feature consistent with satellite observations, with higher energy particles at lower latitudes and lower energy particles at higher latitudes. The simulation reveals (1) how and where particles are transmitted from the solar wind into the magnetosphere via direct magnetic reconnection on the dayside; (2) how the features of the spectra are related to ongoing magnetic FTEs; and (3) how the motion of the cusp, particularly the latitudinal variation of the open/closed field line boundary, is correlated with the dayside reconnection and reflected in the energy flux spectra of the precipitating ions as a function of time.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2169-9380en_US
dc.rights©American Geophysical Union 2012. This is this the version of record co-published by the American Geophysical Union and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. It is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Item should be cited as: Tan, B., et al. "Global‐scale hybrid simulation of cusp precipitating ions associated with magnetopause reconnection under southward IMF." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 117.A3 (2012).en_US
dc.titleGlobal-scale hybrid simulation of cusp precipitating ions associated with magnetopause reconnection under southward IMFen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.type.genreJournal Article, Academic Journalen_US
dc.citation.volume117en_US
dc.description.statusPublisheden_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US

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