Global effects of transmitted shock wave propagation through the Earth's inner magnetosphere: First results from 3-D hybrid kinetic modeling
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2016-07-21
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Lipatov, A. S., and D. G. Sibeck. “Global Effects of Transmitted Shock Wave Propagation through the Earth’s Inner Magnetosphere: First Results from 3-D Hybrid Kinetic Modeling.” Planetary and Space Science 129 (September 15, 2016): 13–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2016.05.010.
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We use a new hybrid kinetic model to simulate the response of ring current, outer radiation belt, and plasmaspheric particle populations to impulsive interplanetary shocks. Since particle distributions attending the interplanetary shock waves and in the ring current and radiation belts are non-Maxwellian, wave–particle interactions play a crucial role in energy transport within the inner magnetosphere. Finite gyroradius effects become important in mass loading the shock waves with the background plasma in the presence of higher energy ring current and radiation belt ions and electrons. Initial results show that shocks cause strong deformations in the global structure of the ring current, radiation belt, and plasmasphere. The ion velocity distribution functions at the shock front, in the ring current, and in the radiation belt help us determine energy transport through the Earth's inner magnetosphere.