Plasma sheet low-entropy flow channels and dipolarization fronts from macro to micro scales: Global MHD and PIC simulations

Viacheslav G Merkin1, Michael James Wiltberger2, Mikhail I Sitnov1 and John Lyon3, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (3)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States