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