Hall effect control of magnetotail dawn-dusk asymmetry: A three-dimensional global hybrid simulation

2016 ◽  
Vol 121 (12) ◽  
pp. 11,882-11,895 ◽  
Author(s):  
San Lu ◽  
Y. Lin ◽  
V. Angelopoulos ◽  
A. V. Artemyev ◽  
P. L. Pritchett ◽  
...  
2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Simon ◽  
A. Boesswetter ◽  
T. Bagdonat ◽  
U. Motschmann ◽  
J. Schuele

Abstract. The interaction between Titan's ionosphere and the Saturnian magnetospheric plasma flow has been studied by means of a three-dimensional (3-D) hybrid simulation code. In the hybrid model, the electrons form a mass-less, charge-neutralizing fluid, whereas a completely kinetic approach is retained to describe ion dynamics. The model includes up to three ionospheric and two magnetospheric ion species. The interaction gives rise to a pronounced magnetic draping pattern and an ionospheric tail that is highly asymmetric with respect to the direction of the convective electric field. Due to the dependence of the ion gyroradii on the ion mass, ions of different masses become spatially dispersed in the tail region. Therefore, Titan's ionospheric tail may be considered a mass-spectrometer, allowing to distinguish between ion species of different masses. The kinetic nature of this effect is emphasized by comparing the simulation with the results obtained from a simple analytical test-particle model of the pick-up process. Besides, the results clearly illustrate the necessity of taking into account the multi-species nature of the magnetospheric plasma flow in the vicinity of Titan. On the one hand, heavy magnetospheric particles, such as atomic Nitrogen or Oxygen, experience only a slight modification of their flow pattern. On the other hand, light ionospheric ions, e.g. atomic Hydrogen, are clearly deflected around the obstacle, yielding a widening of the magnetic draping pattern perpendicular to the flow direction. The simulation results clearly indicate that the nature of this interaction process, especially the formation of sharply pronounced plasma boundaries in the vicinity of Titan, is extremely sensitive to both the temperature of the magnetospheric ions and the orientation of Titan's dayside ionosphere with respect to the corotating magnetospheric plasma flow.


2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 083034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Kern ◽  
Graeme W Milton ◽  
Muamer Kadic ◽  
Martin Wegener

2018 ◽  
Vol 382 (44) ◽  
pp. 3205-3210
Author(s):  
Zhi-Peng Gao ◽  
Zhi Li ◽  
Dan-Wei Zhang

JETP Letters ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 109 (11) ◽  
pp. 715-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. O. Shvetsov ◽  
V. D. Esin ◽  
A. V. Timonina ◽  
N. N. Kolesnikov ◽  
E. V. Deviatov

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 407-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Simon ◽  
T. Bagdonat ◽  
U. Motschmann ◽  
K.-H. Glassmeier

Abstract. The interaction of a magnetized asteroid with the solar wind is studied by using a three-dimensional hybrid simulation code (fluid electrons, kinetic ions). When the obstacle's intrinsic magnetic moment is sufficiently strong, the interaction region develops signs of magnetospheric structures. On the one hand, an area from which the solar wind is excluded forms downstream of the obstacle. On the other hand, the interaction region is surrounded by a boundary layer which indicates the presence of a bow shock. By analyzing the trajectories of individual ions, it is demonstrated that kinetic effects have global consequences for the structure of the interaction region.


2020 ◽  
Vol 116 (14) ◽  
pp. 141603
Author(s):  
Jinling Yu ◽  
Wenyi Wu ◽  
Yumeng Wang ◽  
Kejing Zhu ◽  
Xiaolin Zeng ◽  
...  

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