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Global-scale magnetosphere convection driven by dayside magnetic reconnection

Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella; Wang, Chi; Dai, Lei +8 more

Plasma convection on a global scale is a fundamental feature of planetary magnetosphere. The Dungey cycle explains that steady-state convection within the closed part of the magnetosphere relies on magnetic reconnection in the nightside magnetospheric tail. Nevertheless, time-dependent models of the Dungey cycle suggest an alternative scenario whe…