Infuence of the Solar Wind Magnetic Field on the Structure of the Magnetosheath and the Location of the Magnetopause

摘要

The variations of the plasma parameters and of the magnetic field in the vicinity of the stream line passing the subsolar point at the magnetopause are calculated using a special topology of the plasma flow which is the result of the formation of a stagnation line at the nose part of the magnetopause. The displacement of the magnetopause due to the penetration of the solar wind magnetic field is discussed.