Research Article

Physics of Magnetopause Reconnection: A Study of the Combined Effects of Density Asymmetry, Velocity Shear, and Guide Field

Figure 3

The result of case with density asymmetry. Temporal developments of (a) the reconnected flux and (b) -coordinate of the -line are shown. The -line position shifts to the magnetospheric (negative ) side between and 30.
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