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Three-dimensional magnetic reconnection in complex multiple X-point configurations in an ancient solar-lunar terrestrial system

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Magnetic reconnection processes in three-dimensional(3D)complex field configurations have been investigated in different magneto-plasma systems in space,laboratory,and astrophysical systems.Two-dimensional(2D)features of mag-netic reconnection have been well developed and applied successfully to systems with symmetrical property,such as toroidal fusion plasmas and laboratory experiments with an axial symmetry.But in asymmetric systems,the 3D features are in-evitably different from those in the 2D case.Magnetic reconnection structures in multiple celestial body systems,particu-larly star-planet-Moon systems,bring fresh insights to the understanding of the 3D geometry of reconnection.Thus,we take magnetic reconnection in an ancient solar-lunar terrestrial magneto-plasma system as an example by using its crucial parameters approximately estimated already and also some specific applications in pathways for energy and matter trans-ports among Earth,ancient Moon,and the interplanetary magnetic field(IMF).Then,magnetic reconnection of the ancient lunar-terrestrial magnetospheres with the IMF is investigated numerically in this work.In a 3D simulation for the Earth-Moon-IMF system,topological features of complex magnetic reconnection configurations and dynamical characteristics of magnetic reconnection processes are studied.It is found that a coupled lunar-terrestrial magnetosphere is formed,and un-der various IMF orientations,multiple X-points emerge at distinct locations,showing three typical magnetic reconnection structures in such a geometry,i.e.,the X-line,the triple current sheets,and the A-B null pairs.The results can conduce to further understanding of reconnection physics in 3D for plasmas in complex magnetic configurations,and also a possible mechanism for energy and matters transport in evolutions of similar astrophysical systems.

magnetic reconnectionmultiple X-pointscomplex magneto-plasma system

何向磊、毛傲华、孙萌萌、邹继同、王晓钢

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School of Physics,Harbin Institute of Technology,Harbin 150001,China

Laboratory for Space Environment and Materials Science,Harbin Institute of Technology,Harbin 150001,China

国家自然科学基金国家自然科学基金国家自然科学基金National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Energy Research and Development Program of ChinaHeilongjiang Touyan Innovation Team Program,China

1197508742261134533420115300862022YFE03190400

2024

10.1088/1674-1056/ad0b02

中国物理B(英文版)
中国物理学会和中国科学院物理研究所

中国物理B(英文版)

CSTPCDEI
影响因子：0.995
ISSN：1674-1056
年,卷(期)：2024.33(3)
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