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Global-scale hybrid simulation of dayside magnetic reconnection under southward IMF: Structure and evolution of reconnection
(2022-09-20)
Magnetopause reconnection is investigated with our 3-D self-consistent global hybrid simulation model. The magnetic configuration and evolution of Flux Transfer Events (FTEs) and the associated ion density and ion velocity ...
Two-dimensional hybrid simulation of the dayside reconnection layer and associated ion transport
(2022-09-20)
The structure of the reconnection layer at the dayside magnetopause is studied by using a two-dimensional (2-D) hybrid code. The simulation domain is a rectangle in the at plane around an X line at the magnetopause. In our ...
Global hybrid simulation of the dayside reconnection layer and associated field-aligned currents
(2022-09-20)
A two-dimensional global hybrid simulation is carried out to study the structure of the magnetopause boundary layer in the noon-midnight meridian plane associated with the dayside reconnection. In the simulation the bow ...
Generation of anomalous flows near the bow shock by its interaction with interplanetary discontinuities
(2022-09-20)
Two-dimensional hybrid simulations using a curvilinear coordinate system are carried out to study the interaction of the Earth's bow shock (BS) with an interplanetary directional discontinuity. In particular, plasma flow ...
Global-scale hybrid simulation of cusp precipitating ions associated with magnetopause reconnection under southward IMF
(2022-09-20)
With a 3-D global-scale hybrid simulation model, we investigate the energy spectra of cusp precipitating ions and issues associated with magnetopause reconnection under a southward IMF. Both the spatial and temporal energy ...
Global hybrid simulation of mode conversion at the dayside magnetopause
(2022-09-28)
Mode conversion at the magnetopause has been suggested to lead to the generation of kinetic Alfven waves (KAWs) and effective mass transport from the solar wind into the magnetosphere. To investigate the mode conversion ...
Three-dimensional MHD simulations of interplanetary rotational discontinuities impacting the Earth's bow shock and magnetosheath
(2022-09-28)
The first ever fully three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the detailed effects of MHD discontinuities on the magnetosheath have been performed. The simulation results predict that the interaction ...
Scalings of Alfven-cyclotron and ion Bernstein instabilities on temperature anisotropy of a ring-like velocity distribution in the inner magnetosphere
(2022-09-29)
A ring-like proton velocity distribution with f(p)(v)/v>0 and which is sufficiently anisotropic can excite two distinct types of growing modes in the inner magnetosphere: ion Bernstein instabilities with multiple ion ...
Proton velocity ring-driven instabilities in the inner magnetosphere: Linear theory and particle-in-cell simulations
(2022-09-29)
Linear dispersion theory and electromagnetic particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations are used to investigate linear growth and nonlinear saturation of the proton velocity ring-driven instabilities, namely, ion Bernstein instability ...
Fast magnetosonic waves driven by shell velocity distributions
(2022-09-29)
Using linear dispersion theory and particle-in-cell simulations, we explore the ion Bernstein instability driven by the shell-type ion velocity distribution which is related to the excitation of fast magnetosonic waves in ...
Regime transition of ion Bernstein instability driven by ion shell velocity distributions
(2022-09-29)
Linear kinetic dispersion theory is used to investigate a regime transition of the ion Bernstein instability driven by a proton velocity distribution with positive slopes with respect to the perpendicular velocity, ...
Three-dimensional hybrid simulation of magnetosheath reconnection under northward and southward interplanetary magnetic field
(2022-09-29)
A three-dimensional (3-D) global hybrid simulation is carried out for the generation and structure of magnetic reconnection in the magnetosheath because of the interaction of an interplanetary tangential discontinuity (TD) ...
Three-dimensional global hybrid simulation of dayside dynamics associated with the quasi-parallel bow shock
(2022-09-29)
A three-dimensional global-scale hybrid simulation is carried out, for the first time, for dynamics of the dayside bow shock-magnetosphere system associated with the quasi-parallel bow shock. A case with IMF along the ...
Magnetic field rotation and transition width in rotational discontinuities and Alfven wave trains
(2022-09-29)
A hybrid simulation is carried out to study the evolution of magnetic field rotations in rotational discontinuities (RDs) and large-amplitude Alfven wave trains (AWTs) whose initial field rotation angle \Delta Phi\ > 180 ...
Semiautomated Identification and Characterization of Dunes at Hargraves Crater, Mars
(2022-09-29)
The Mars Global Digital Dune Database (MGD(3)) contains information on Martian dune fields and prepared manually from the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS; 100 m/pixel) images. Although the MGD(3)outlines dune fields, ...
Ion Bernstein instability dependence on the proton-to-electron mass ratio: Linear dispersion theory
(2022-10-04)
Fast magnetosonic waves, which have as their source ion Bernstein instabilities driven by tenuous ring-like proton velocity distributions, are frequently observed in the inner magnetosphere. One major difficulty in the ...
Multi-Event Studies of Sudden Energetic Electron Enhancements in the Inner Magnetosphere and Its Association With Plasmapause Positions
(2022-10-04)
Sudden enhancements of energetic electrons (tens of keV to <500 keV) at low L-shells have been frequently observed by Van Allen Probes. It is, however, still unclear how deep these electrons can reach and what the responsible ...
The NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science & Engineering at 20: Report on the Anniversary Workshop
(2019-11-11)
A workshop recognizing the 20th anniversary of the NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering was held at NSF on January 9-11, 2017. The workshop demonstrated some of the remarkable research and broader ...
Wave Normal Angle Distribution of Magnetosonic Waves in the Earth's Magnetosphere: 2-D PIC Simulation
(2022-10-11)
Radiation belt electrons can be accelerated and scattered by magnetosonic waves in the Earth's magnetosphere, and the scattering rate of electrons is sensitive to the wave normal angle. However, observationally it is ...
Investigation of storm timemagnetotail and ion injection using three-dimensional global hybrid simulation
(2022-09-29)
Dynamics of the near-Earth magnetotail associated with substorms during a period of extended southward interplanetary magnetic field is studied using a three-dimensional (3-D) global hybrid simulation model that includes ...