A hybrid simulation of Mercury’s magnetosphere for the MESSENGER encounters in year 2008

Wang, Y.-C.; Joachim, Mueller; Motschmann, U.; Ip, Wing-Huen

doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.05.020

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“…During both flybys the magnetic field strength has been 21 nT. While the IMF direction in flyby I has been Θ flyby I = 53 • with a Parker spiral angle of φ flyby I = 27 • , it has been Θ flyby II = 118 • with a Parker spiral angle of φ flyby II = 37 • during flyby II [31].…”

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A.I.K.E.F.: Adaptive hybrid model for space plasma simulations

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“…The values are chosen corresponding to Wang et al[31]. These parameters are used for the scaling simulations of the A.I.K.E.F.…”

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“…Standing compressional slow waves are visible as a pressure enhancement over the south pole. The pressure enhancement over the south pole is reminiscent of the density enhancement over the north pole in Figure 2c of Wang et al (2010) for anti-sunward z component of the IMF (as opposed to the sunward z component in our case). The profiles in the right panel in Fig.…”

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“…The Larmor radius of the protons being the largest non-fluid characteristic scale in a solar wind type electronproton plasma hybrid simulations have been generally used to simulate Mercury's magnetosphere (e.g. Wang et al, 2010;Richer and Modolo, 2012;Trávníček et al, 2010). In hybrid simulations ions are described as a collection of charged particles (allowing for plasma kinetic effects) while electrons are described as a massless charge neutralizing fluid.…”

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“…Denton et al, 1995). However, the strong dependence of the hermean magnetospheric structure on the orientation of the interplanetary magnetic field (Wang et al, 2010;Trávníček et al, 2010) or even on the details of the planet's intrinsic field (Richer and Modolo, 2012) are not expected to critically depend on the fact that the simulations are kinetic or fluid. One particular advantage of MHD simulations is the low noise level which makes the identification of small amplitude structures (like the slow mode rarefaction zones in the magnetosheath discussed below) easier than in the corresponding hybrid simulation.…”

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Rarefaction and compressional standing slow mode structures in Mercury's magnetosheath: 3D MHD simulations

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2015

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MESSENGER observations of multiscale Kelvin‐Helmholtz vortices at Mercury

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Observations by the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft in Mercury's magnetotail demonstrate for the first time that Na + ions exert a dynamic influence on Mercury's magnetospheric system. Na + ions are shown to contribute up to~30% of the ion thermal pressure required to achieve pressure balance in the premidnight plasma sheet. High concentrations of planetary ions should lead to Na + dominance of the plasma mass density in these regions. On orbits with northward-oriented interplanetary magnetic field and high (i.e., >1 cm À3) Na + concentrations, MESSENGER has often recorded magnetic field fluctuations near the Na + gyrofrequency associated with the Kelvin-Helmholtz (K-H) instability.These nightside K-H vortices are characteristically different from those observed on Mercury's dayside that have a nearly constant wave frequency of~0.025 Hz. Collectively, these observations suggest that large spatial gradients in the hot planetary ion population at Mercury may result in a transition from a fluid description to a kinetic description of vortex formation across the dusk terminator, providing the first set of truly multiscale observations of the K-H instability at any of the diverse magnetospheric environments explored in the solar system.

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A hybrid simulation of Mercury’s magnetosphere for the MESSENGER encounters in year 2008

Cited by 33 publications

References 27 publications

A.I.K.E.F.: Adaptive hybrid model for space plasma simulations

A.I.K.E.F.: Adaptive hybrid model for space plasma simulations

Rarefaction and compressional standing slow mode structures in Mercury's magnetosheath: 3D MHD simulations

MESSENGER observations of multiscale Kelvin‐Helmholtz vortices at Mercury

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