Favorable Conditions for Magnetic Reconnection at Ganymede's Upstream Magnetopause
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DOI: 10.1029/2019gl086228
Abstract: Ganymede is the only Solar System moon known to generate a permanent magnetic field. Jovian plasma motions around Ganymede create an upstream magnetopause, where energy flows are thought to be driven by magnetic reconnection. Simulations… read more here.
Keywords: magnetic reconnection; ganymede; reconnection ganymede; upstream magnetopause ... See more keywords