3D MHD-EPIC Simulations of Mercury’s Dayside Magnetopause Reconnection

Changkun Li1, Xianzhe Jia2, Yuxi Chen3, Gabor Toth4, Hongyang Zhou5, James A Slavin6, Weijie Sun7 and Gangkai Poh1, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)University of Michigan, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, United States, (4)University of Michigan, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (5)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States, (6)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (7)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States