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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 language | English |
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Article number | 98JA00677 |
Pages (from-to) | 11863-11873 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics |
Volume | 103 |
Issue number | A6 |
State | Published - 1 Jan 1998 |
ID: 53088095