Global Hybrid Simulation of Dayside Magnetopause Energy Transport Under
Purely Southward Interplanetary Magnetic Field
Abstract
In this paper, dayside magnetopause energy transport (energy transport
across the separatrix surface to the magnetopause boundary layer and
energy transport inside the magnetopause boundary layer) and its
dependence on the magnetopause dynamic evolution under purely southward
interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) conditions are studied via a 3-D
global hybrid simulation. By investigating the energy transport across
the separatrix surface, current layer surface, and magnetopause surface,
we find that the energy transport from the magnetosheath to the
magnetopause boundary layer is mainly in the form of electromagnetic
energy, while the energy transport directly across the magnetopause
surface to the magnetosphere is mainly in the form of plasma energy. The
energy transport across the magnetopause surface exhibits temporal
variability, driven by the dynamic evolution of reconnection and flux
rope. During the development of multiple X-lines reconnection and flux
rope, a substantial portion of solar wind energy does not directly
penetrate the dayside magnetopause to the magnetosphere. Instead, it is
transported with the reconnection outflow and flux rope from low
latitude to high latitude, and with the drifting flow from the subsolar
region to the tail magnetopause within the magnetopause current layer.
These results significantly improve our understanding of solar
wind-magnetosphere coupling at the dayside magnetopause.