Titan's induced magnetosphere under non-ideal upstream conditions: 3D multi-species hybrid simulations

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 2001-2015

  Simon, Sven ^a,b   Motschmann, Uwe ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hybrid model; Plasma interaction with moons; Real time simulations; Saturn's magnetosphere; Titan

Indexed keywords

BULK VELOCITY; CASSINI MAGNETOMETER; FIELD COMPONENTS; FIELD LINES; FLUID ELECTRONS; GIANT PLANETS; HYBRID MODEL; HYBRID SIMULATION; INDUCED MAGNETOSPHERES; ION SPECIES; KINETIC IONS; MAGNETIC ENVIRONMENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD COMPONENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD DIRECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD ORIENTATIONS; MAGNETOTAILS; MULTI-SPECIES; NONSTATIONARY; ORBITAL PLANES; OVERALL CHARACTERISTICS; PLASMA ENVIRONMENTS; REAL TIME SIMULATIONS; RECONFIGURATION PROCESS; SATURN'S MAGNETOSPHERE; UPSTREAM CONDITIONS; VOYAGER 1;

ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; HYBRID SENSORS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SATELLITES; SIMULATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSIENTS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 70449637257     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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