Global effects of transmitted shock wave propagation through the Earth's inner magnetosphere: First results from 3-D hybrid kinetic modeling

Concerning the interaction of a transmitted interplanetary impulse with a plasmaspheric drainage plume: First results from 3-D hybrid kinetic modeling

“…A forward-reverse shock structure with forward and reverse shock fronts develops from the transmitted impulse's initial step-like density profile. The formation of a reverse shock was also observed early in the simulation of Lipatov & Sibeck (Lipatov and Sibeck, 2016) but they concluded that this reverse shock was probably associated with the ring current. Our current investigation with or without a plasmaspheric plume found the formation of a forward-reverse shock structure during the propagation of an impulse through the dipole magnetic field.…”

“…The same approach for the electron pressure was used successfully in models for the Moon's, Europa's, and Titan's plasma environment (see e.g. Lipatov et al (2018)) and in the model for transmitted shock propagation in the inner magnetosphere including the ring current and the outer radiation belt presented by Lipatov & Sibeck (Lipatov and Sibeck, 2016). In this case the equations for the time evolution of the temperature for each electron species are reduced to the adiabatic condition.…”