Modeling Kinetic Neutral Atoms in the Solar-Wind/Interstellar-Medium Interaction Region

Details Modeling Kinetic Neutral Atoms in the Solar-Wind/Interstellar-Medium Interaction Region Modeling Kinetic Neutral Atoms in the Solar-Wind/Interstellar-Medium Interaction Region

Apr 2008

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Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows: Astronum 2007 ASP Conference Series, Vol. 385, proceedings of the conference held 10-1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The solar wind is a continuous stream of plasma flowing out from the Sun. The flow of interstellar medium plasma diverts the solar wind and creates a teardrop shaped heliosphere. Although the plasma flows do not mix, neutral atoms of interstellar origin penetrate deep into the solar wind, unhindered by magnetic field fields. Charge-exchange couples these neutral atoms to the ionized plasma, creating a complicated neutral atom distribution function which encapsulates aspects of the cold interstellar, fast solar wind and hot heliosheath parent plasma populations. Due to the large mean free paths, we must model the neutral atoms kinetically. In this paper we will present an overview of the kinetic neutral atom model and its coupling to a 3D MHD-plasma code. We will indicate some key results regarding the neutral distribution function and how this compares to neutral fluid models. Finally we show how this model can be used to predict and understand energetic neutral atom skymaps which will be a key part of the upcoming IBEX mission data.

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