IMF cone angle impact on the Earth's magnetosheath: Plasma diagnostics using IAPPIC EM Relativistic Simulation
Abstract
The plasma conditions at Earth's magnetosheath region play a crucial role in the transfer of solar wind mass, energy and momentum to Earths magnetosphere.North, South,radial, absence and 3D IMF components are discussed independently under the same solar wind conditions. IMF cone angle impact on total pressure in the magnetosheath are examined for all IMF orientations. The links between multi-species dynamics in the foreshock, the bow shock and the magnetosheath are revisited. IAPPIC EM Relativistic code with finer cell size and reasonable ion to electron mass ratio (Modified version of Baraka2016) for simulating the global magnetosphere in 3D. The current study will serve as a foundation for future detailed case studies. Moreover, this newly modified version of the code is capable of simulating ionosphere-magnetosphere coupling in addition to plasmasphere ion outflow
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016AGUFMSM13A2186B
- Keywords:
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- 2724 Magnetopause and boundary layers;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICSDE: 2728 Magnetosheath;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICSDE: 2772 Plasma waves and instabilities;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICSDE: 2784 Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS