Seminar’s Schedule:
14:00 – 14:15 : Welcome and set up
14:15 – 15:00 : Seminar + Q&A
15:00 – 15:30 : Tea, coffee, and discussions
Seminar’s Title:
Magnetosheath Jets: From the Bow Shock to the Magnetopause
Seminar’s Abstract:
Magnetosheath jets are localised and transient dynamic pressure enhancements frequently observed in Earth’s magnetosheath and are generally understood to originate from nonlinear processes at the bow shock. As flows of mass and energy, they couple solar wind and foreshock phenomena to the magnetopause and magnetosphere. In this talk, we review recent studies on jets. In particular, we examine the solar wind conditions under which they are most likely to form and propagate to the magnetopause, as well as assessing the ways in which jets may influence magnetic reconnection, which we illustrate with statistical studies and example events. We find that jets play a complex role in magnetopause reconnection and may be able to modulate magnetospheric dynamics during non-storm times.
Speaker’s short bio:
Adrian LaMoury is a postdoctoral researcher in the Physics of Space, Plasma, and Climate community at Imperial, having completed his PhD earlier this year.