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Multiple Reconnection X‐Lines at the Earth's Magnetopause in the Presence of Magnetosheath Flow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Magnetic reconnection occurs continuously along long X‐lines at the Earth's magnetopause. The maximum magnetic shear model predicts the locations of these long X‐lines for a wide range of upstream solar wind conditions. One of the more perplexing observational results is that these X‐lines appear to be stationary, even in the presence of ...
S. A. Fuselier, K. J. Trattner, S. M. Petrinec, S. K. Vines, K. LLera, N. Aunai, B. Michotte de Welle, A. Ghisalberti, J. L. Burch, D. J. Gershman   +9 more
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The Shape of Strongly Disturbed Dayside Magnetopause

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2013
During strong geomagnetic disturbances, the Earth¡¦s magnetosphere exhibits unusual and nonlinear interaction with the incident flow of magnetized solar wind plasma. Global Magneto-hydro-dynamic (MHD) modeling of the magnetosphere predicts that the storm-
Alexei V. Dmitriev Alla V. Suvorova
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Two‐Dimensional Equilibrium Model of Planetary Magnetotail in Generalized Nonthermal Plasmas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Solar wind‐magnetosphere interaction may result in an elongated magnetotail with stored magnetic field energy. This study presents for the first time a family of asymptotic solutions for stretched two‐dimensional magnetotail equilibrium in generalized nonthermal plasmas, including the Kappa‐like and Maxwellian‐like velocity distributions with ...
L.‐N. Hau, C.‐S. Jao, C.‐K. Chang
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Investigation of the occurrence of significant deviations in the magnetopause location: solar-wind and foreshock effects [PDF]

Annales Geophysicae
Common magnetopause models can predict the location of the magnetopause with respect to upstream conditions from different sets of input parameters, including solar-wind pressure and the interplanetary magnetic field.
N. Grimmich, A. Pöppelwerth, M. O. Archer, D. G. Sibeck, F. Plaschke, W. Mo, V. Toy-Edens, D. L. Turner, H. Kim, R. Nakamura   +9 more
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Compression of Mercury's Dayside Magnetopause to the Surface: A Three‐Dimensional Model of Magnetospheric Structure and Dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract We apply a hybrid model (kinetic ions, fluid electrons) to provide context for MErcury Surface Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) observations of Disappearing Dayside Magnetosphere (DDM) events at Mercury. Such events have been observed on four occasions and are caused by Coronal Mass Ejections completely removing the ...
Georg Glebe, C. Michael Haynes, Sven Simon   +2 more
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Magnetopause location modeling using machine learning: inaccuracy due to solar wind parameter propagation

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
An intrinsic limitation of empirical models of the magnetopause location is a predefined magnetopause shape and assumed functional dependences on relevant parameters.
M. Aghabozorgi Nafchi, F. Němec, G. Pi, Z. Němeček, J. Šafránková, K. Grygorov, J. Šimůnek, T.-C. Tsai   +7 more
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Energy Conversion Pathways Inside Kelvin‐Helmholtz Vortices

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Energy transfer, cross‐scale coupling, and dissipation in astrophysical plasmas remain fundamental unresolved problems. The velocity‐shear–driven Kelvin–Helmholtz instability (KHI), ubiquitous in plasmas, is a key multiscale mechanism enabling plasma mixing, particle energization and the solar wind–magnetosphere coupling, making it a critical ...
A. Settino, Z. Vörös, L. Sorriso‐Valvo, C. Simon‐Wedlund, O. W. Roberts, R. Nakamura   +5 more
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Transport of Mirror Mode Structures through Saturn’s Magnetopause Reconnection

The Astrophysical Journal
Magnetopause reconnection plays a significant role in transferring plasma and energy from the solar wind to planetary magnetospheres. Using a Cassini measurement, we reported a magnetopause reconnection at Saturn, identified by the Hall magnetic field ...
S. B. Xu, S. Y. Huang, Z. G. Yuan, K. Jiang, H. H. Wu, J. Zhang, Z. Wang, Q. Y. Xiong, R. T. Lin   +8 more
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Bayesian Approach to Ionospheric Elementary Current Systems Using Differentiable Basis Functions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Spherical elementary current systems (SECS) have become a widely used tool to model vector fields on spherical surfaces in ionospheric data analysis. The systems were originally formulated using point sources for the divergence and curl of the fields. In this paper we present a flexible alternative formulation, showing how continuous functions
S. Käki, J. Norberg, K. Kauristie
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The Comprehensive Response of the Magnetopause to the Impact of an Isolated Magnetosheath High‐Speed Jet

Geophysical Research Letters
The magnetopause is the boundary between the Earth's magnetosphere and the solar wind. Magnetosheath high‐speed jets can impact the magnetopause, causing local indentation and subsequently rebound.
Jiuqi Ma, Binbin Tang, Xinliang Gao, Wenya Li, Quanming Lu, Wenlong Guo, Jin Guo, Huijie Liu, Chi Wang   +8 more
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