Annales Geophysicae
Annales Geophysicae
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Articles | Volume 39, issue 6
Articles | Volume 39, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-991-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-991-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 39, issue 6
Regular paper
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06 Dec 2021
Regular paper |  | 06 Dec 2021

Magnetotail reconnection asymmetries in an ion-scale, Earth-like magnetosphere

Christopher M. Bard and John C. Dorelli

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We use a computer code to study how a particular plasma effect, the Hall effect, changes how plasma behaves and interacts with magnetic fields behind planets in the magnetotail. We find that when the scale of the Hall effect is big enough compared to the scale of the magnetotail, plasma behavior is no longer symmetric. Measurements of magnetic activity and structure vary in time and differ between opposite sides of the tail. This fits well with findings from spacecraft data and other models.
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