Simulation of heavy ion ring and shell distributions downstream of the bow shock

Details Simulation of heavy ion ring and shell distributions downstream of the bow shock Simulation of heavy ion ring and shell distributions downstream of the bow shock

May 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993georl..20..987m&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 20, no. 10, p. 987-990.

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Earth Atmosphere, Heavy Ions, Ion Distribution, Shock Wave Propagation, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Solar Wind, Bow Waves, Data Simulation, Solar Protons

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The behavior of heavy solar wind ions at the bow shock is studied using 1D electromagnetic hybrid computer simulations. Beginning from a synchronous flow of different ion species and heavy ions jump to different downstream velocities. Three significant downstream regions are found. (1) Immediately downstream of the shock the differential velocity between the protons and the heavy ions generates coherent pickup of the heavy ion minor component and this region is characterized by a gyrating heavy ion beam. (2) In the intermediate downstream region pitch-angle scattering transforms the heavy beam within a few heavy ion gyrations to a ringlike distribution in case of a quasi-perpendicular magnetic field or to a shell-like distribution in case of quasi-parallel magnetic field. (3) In the far downstream region energy diffusion thermalizes these distributions to become Maxwellians. Though in (2) the heavy ion distributions are unstable their contribution to the downstream magnetic wave spectrum is unimportant.

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