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4 – Example anti-parallel line for an IMF with a large negative B z component. Colored lines depict the magnetic shear angle on a rainbow scale, with red indicating anti-parallel field conditions.
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Future satellite missions like NASA's upcoming Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission are targeting reconnection diffusion regions at the Earth's magnetopause. These diffusion regions are small compared to the total surface area of the magnetopause. Furthermore, the location of the diffusion region depends on external parameters such as the curren...
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