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土星磁鞘的磁结构

The magnetic structure of Saturn's magnetosheath

A. H. Sulaiman, A. Masters, M. K. Dougherty, X. Jia

摘要:

行星的磁鞘从弓形激波的下游延伸到磁层顶,在那里太阳风绕磁层偏转,太阳风嵌入的磁场线被覆盖。这使得该区域成为等离子体湍流、不稳定性、重连和等离子体耗尽层的重要场所。相对较高的阿尔文马赫数太阳风和极平的磁层使得土星的磁鞘在物理和几何上都不同于地球。极区变平将影响磁鞘磁场结构,进而影响太阳风与磁层的相互作用。在这里,我们调查的磁场的磁鞘的期望,极性扁平化表现在整体披覆图案。我们将2004年至2010年间卡西尼号数据的积累与全球磁流体动力学(MHD)模拟和代表轴对称边界之间覆盖场的分析模型进行了比较。测量的悬垂图案被很好地捕获,并在广泛的协议,为给定的上游条件下的MHD模拟(其中包括极性扁平)。与分析模型的偏差,没有极性扁平的基础上,表明非轴对称性始终是磁层的全球结构的一个关键特征。我们的研究结果显示了一个全面的概述的磁场的配置在非轴对称磁鞘所揭示的卡西尼号。我们预计我们的评估提供了一个洞察力,这几乎没有研究高阿尔夫文弓激波和动态磁层之间的接口。

英文摘要:

A planet's magnetosheath extends from downstream of its bow shock up to the magnetopause where the solar wind flow is deflected around the magnetosphere and the solar wind embedded magnetic field lines are draped. This makes the region an important site for plasma turbulence, instabilities, reconnection and plasma depletion layers. A relatively high Alfvén Mach number solar wind and a polar-flattened magnetosphere make the magnetosheath of Saturn both physically and geometrically distinct from the Earth's. The polar flattening is predicted to affect the magnetosheath magnetic field structure and thus the solar wind-magnetosphere interaction. Here we investigate the magnetic field in the magnetosheath with the expectation that polar flattening is manifested in the overall draping pattern. We compare an accumulation of Cassini data between 2004 and 2010 with global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations and an analytical model representative of a draped field between axisymmetric boundaries. The draping patterns measured are well captured and in broad agreement for given upstream conditions with those of the MHD simulations (which include polar flattening). The deviations from the analytical model, based on no polar flattening, suggest that non-axisymmetry is invariably a key feature of the magnetosphere's global structure. Our results show a comprehensive overview of the configuration of the magnetic field in a non-axisymmetric magnetosheath as revealed by Cassini. We anticipate our assessment to provide an insight to this barely studied interface between a high Alfvénic bow shock and a dynamic magnetosphere.

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