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Martian global curr...
Martian global current systems and related solar wind energy transfer : hybrid simulation under nominal conditions
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- Wang, Xiao-Dong (författare)
- Solar System Physics and Space Technology Programme, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
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- Fatemi, Shahab (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för fysik
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- Holmström, Mats (författare)
- Solar System Physics and Space Technology Programme, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
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- Nilsson, Hans (författare)
- Solar System Physics and Space Technology Programme, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
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- Futaana, Yoshifumi (författare)
- Solar System Physics and Space Technology Programme, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
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- Barabash, Stas (författare)
- Solar System Physics and Space Technology Programme, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
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- Oxford University Press, 2024
- 2024
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. - : Oxford University Press. - 0035-8711 .- 1365-2966. ; 527:4, s. 12232-12242
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Abstract
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- The magnetized solar wind drives a current system around Mars that maintains its induced magnetosphere. The solar wind also transfers its energy to the atmospheric ions, causing continuous atmospheric erosion, which has a profound impact on the planet’s evolution history. Here, we use Amitis, a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)-based hybrid plasma model to first reproduce the global pattern of the net electric current and ion currents under an interplanetary magnetic field perpendicular to the solar wind flow direction. The resultant current distribution matches the observations and reveals more details. Using the electric field distribution characterized earlier with the same model, we calculate for the first time the spatial distribution of energy transfer rate to the plasmas in general and to different ion species at Mars. We find out that (1) the solar wind kinetic energy is the dominant energy source that drives Martian induced magnetosphere, (2) the energy flux of the shocked solar wind flows from the magnetic equatorial plane towards the plasma sheet in the induced magnetotail, (3) both the bow shock and the induced magnetospheric boundary are dynamos where plasma energy is transferred to the electromagnetic field, and (4) the planetary ions act as loads and gain energy from the electromagnetic field. The most intense load region is the planetary ion plume. The general pattern of the energy transfer rate revealed in this study is common for induced magnetospheres. Its variabilities with the upstream conditions can provide physical insight into the observed ion escape variabilities.
Ämnesord
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Fusion, plasma och rymdfysik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- methods: numerical
- planets and satellites: terrestrial planets
- planet–star interactions
- plasmas
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