Fig. 4: The magnetopause reconnection picture at Jupiter and the predicted ion dispersion.
From: In situ evidence of the magnetospheric cusp of Jupiter from Juno spacecraft measurements
The distribution of reconnection sites of Jupiter’s magnetic field configurations under a eastward and b westward solar wind conditions as revealed by high-precision simulations2,3 as well as the schematic representation of the convective motion (red dashed lines) of the reconnected magnetic field line and the motion of the spacecraft in the sun view (orange dashed line); c The expected reversed ion dispersion under eastward solar wind conditions in this study; d The expected ion dispersion under westward solar wind conditions in this study. Green lines and dark blue lines are newly connected IMF and planetary field lines, respectively, that have reconnected at the reconnection sites identified by the red crosses. Light blue lines are closed, with the dashed portions in the north and south connecting to each other in the far tail.
