Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 2000
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American Physical Society, 42nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics combined with the 10th International Congre
Physics
Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
The results of a one dimensional electromagnetic simulation of the interaction between the ionospheres of Venus and Mars and the solar wind are presented. Numerical results obtained with both hybrid and kinetic electron codes are compared. Finite electron inertia is retained in a hybrid code, allowing for the analysis of the lower hybrid waves propagating along an oblique but fixed angle to the shocked solar wind magnetic field. The waves are excited by a relative drift between a cold electron beam, created by E x B pickup, and the planetary oxygen ions. The free energy source for instability is in the solar wind proton flow supporting electron drift through the convective electric field. At saturation, wave energy is comparable with energy of proton flow, and waves are organizing a collective friction between the shocked solar wind flow and planetary ions. Acceleration of field aligned energetic tails by the lower hybrid waves is analyzed with a kinetic code, and results are compared with observations.
Huba Joseph D.
Quest Kevin B.
Shapiro Vitali D.
Szegö Karoly
Zoltan Dobe
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