Comparison of Hybrid Particle Code Simulations Of Venus and Mars

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Dec 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufmsm33d..03b&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #SM33D-03

Physics

[0343] Atmospheric Composition And Structure / Planetary Atmospheres, [2756] Magnetospheric Physics / Planetary Magnetospheres, [2772] Magnetospheric Physics / Plasma Waves And Instabilities, [2780] Magnetospheric Physics / Solar Wind Interactions With Unmagnetized Bodies

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This paper will present the latest results of high resolution 3-D hybrid particle code simulations of Venus and Mars. The research is focused on understanding the solar wind interaction with these planets and the subsequent ionospheric losses that occur as a consequence of this loss. In addition, the simulations focus on structures caused by the interaction particularly on the pole of the planet where the convection electric field points. A variety of simulation results will be presented each with varying EUV flux levels and the effects of solar minimum and solar maximum on the loss rate will be presented. The hybrid particle code HALFSHEL contains a variety of physical and chemical models which will also be discussed. These include a chemistry package that produces the ionosphere on grid resolution of 10 km altitude, as well as the Hall and Pedersen conductivities associated with plasma neutral collisions. The specific simulations to be presented trace solar wind protons, and ionospheric O+ and O2+.

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