Effects of Induction and Magnetopause Reconnection on Mercury’s Magnetosphere: MESSENGER Observations and Global MHD Simulations with Coupled Planetary Interior

Xianzhe Jia, University of Michigan, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, James A Slavin, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Gangkai Poh, Catholic University of America, Dept. of Physics, Maryland, United States, Gabor Toth, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Tamas I Gombosi, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States