Global hybrid simulations of solar wind interaction with Mercury: Magnetosperic boundaries

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 632-638

  Omidi, N ^a   Blanco Cano, X ^b   Russell, C T ^c   Karimabadi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetic simulations; Magnetospheric boundaries; Mercury's magnetosphere

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; SPACE RESEARCH; WIND;

DIPOLE MOMENT; KINETIC SIMULATIONS; MAGNETOSPHERIC BOUNDARIES; MERCURY'S MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 33750322786     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.11.019     Document Type: Article

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