Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufmsh51d1705b&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #SH51D-1705
Physics
Plasma Physics
[2164] Interplanetary Physics / Solar Wind Plasma, [7827] Space Plasma Physics / Kinetic And Mhd Theory, [7835] Space Plasma Physics / Magnetic Reconnection, [7839] Space Plasma Physics / Nonlinear Phenomena
Scientific paper
Here we present the first two- and three-dimensional Particle-in-Cell simulations of the two-component solar wind with realistic set-up and physical parameters (presence of Helium2+ and Oxygen5+, and realistic charge to mass ratios) inferred from UV and white light observations of the streamer belt during solar minimum. We investigate the nonlinear evolution of the so-called wake model of the solar wind, focusing on the effects of the magnetic reconnection on the different particle population distributions in the solar wind. The dynamics of the different plasma species (electrons, protons, Helium2+, and Oxygen5+) and the overall nonlinear evolution of the whole solar wind structure are presented. The simulations have been completed with the iPIC3D implicit Particle-in-Cell code, that enables simulations with large (relatively to the kinetic scales) time steps and domains.
Abbo Lucia
Bettarini Lapo
Lapenta Giovanni
Markidis Stefano
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