Abstract
We performed 2D PIC simulations of Kelvin Helmholtz instability (KHI)
with symmetric and asymmetric density and temperature profiles along the
flow shear with a northward interplanetary magnetic field. The Magnetic
Flux Transport method, field topology and magnetic field minimums are
used to identify the reconnection X-lines. We start to observe the
reconnection signatures such as magnetic field and flow reversals at the
vortex edges in the nonlinear phase of the KHI when the vortices are
rolling up. The number of reconnection regions increases at the
turbulence phase. The signatures eventually decrease and finally
disappear at very turbulent stages of KHI developments. Our results
qualitatively agree with MMS observations of reconnection signatures at
KHI along the magnetospheric flanks.