Time-dependent Petschek-type reconnection including moving shock waves and discontinuities in a compressible plasma is studied. Reconnection is initiated by a dissipative electric field pulse along a reconnection line and generates nonlinear; perturbations propagating along an initial current sheet. The induced linear wave perturbations in the adjacent half-spaces are obtained analytically in the form of a convolution integral. The results are evaluated for typical dayside magnetopause parameters and presented for comparison with observations of dayside reconnection events.

Original languageEnglish
Article number98JA00677
Pages (from-to)11863-11873
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Volume103
Issue numberA6
StatePublished - 1 Jan 1998

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  • Space and Planetary Science

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