摘要
A recent satellite observation has revealed the presence of energy conversion in the separatrix region(SR)of magnetotail reconnection,driven by perpendicular components.We investigated this phenomenon by means of particle-in-cell simulations in two-dimensional(2D)and three-dimensional(3D)systems.Our result indicates that in the 2D simulation,energy conversion in the SR is dominated by parallel components,with the main influencing factor being the parallel electric field,which is not consistent with the observation.However,a case that is similar to the observation is found in the 3D simulation,suggesting that the observation result may be attributed to the 3D characteristics.Our findings provide a potential explanation for the satellite observation.
基金
The 3D simulation was carried out by the K computer at the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science through the HPCI Research project(hp140129,hp150123)
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.42350710793,41874189 and 41821003。
