Six-dimensional view of Earth’s magnetosphere with the Vlasiator simulation

Turc, Lucile; Palmroth, Minna; Grandin, Maxime; Horaites, Konstantinos; Alho, Markku; Battarbee, Markus; Bussov, Maarja; Cozzani, Giulia; Dubart, Maxime; Ganse, Urs; Gordeev, Evgenii; Papadakis, Konstantinos; Pfau-Kempf, Yann; Suni, Jonas; Tarvus, Vertti; Tesema, Fasil; Zaitsev, Ivan; Zhou, Hongyang

doi:10.57757/IUGG23-2624

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Six-dimensional view of Earth’s magnetosphere with the Vlasiator simulation

Turc, L., Palmroth, M., Grandin, M., Horaites, K., Alho, M., Battarbee, M., Bussov, M., Cozzani, G., Dubart, M., Ganse, U., Gordeev, E., Papadakis, K., Pfau-Kempf, Y., Suni, J., Tarvus, V., Tesema, F., Zaitsev, I., Zhou, H. (2023): Six-dimensional view of Earth’s magnetosphere with the Vlasiator simulation, XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) (Berlin 2023).
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Turc, Lucile¹, Author
Palmroth, Minna¹, Author
Grandin, Maxime¹, Author
Horaites, Konstantinos¹, Author
Alho, Markku¹, Author
Battarbee, Markus¹, Author
Bussov, Maarja¹, Author
Cozzani, Giulia¹, Author
Dubart, Maxime¹, Author
Ganse, Urs¹, Author
Gordeev, Evgenii¹, Author
Papadakis, Konstantinos¹, Author
Pfau-Kempf, Yann¹, Author
Suni, Jonas¹, Author
Tarvus, Vertti¹, Author
Tesema, Fasil¹, Author
Zaitsev, Ivan¹, Author
Zhou, Hongyang¹, Author

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1IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations, ou_5011304

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Abstract: Vlasiator is a hybrid-Vlasov model designed for global simulations of Earth's magnetosphere. In the hybrid-Vlasov approach, ions are described as velocity distribution functions and electrons are a charge-neutralising fluid. This provides a self-consistent description of ion dynamics in the global magnetospheric context. Vlasiator simulations have been at first confined to two dimensions in ordinary space (2D) and three in velocity space (3V), due to their high computational cost. The recent implementation of adaptive mesh refinement now makes it possible to run 6D (3D-3V) global simulations of Earth's magnetosphere. Here we present an overview of recent results obtained with these new 6D simulations, pertaining to magnetotail dynamics, magnetopause motion, and particle precipitation into the ionosphere. The runs are carried out with a purely southward interplanetary magnetic field, which is conducive to dayside and nightside reconnection. On the dayside, we find that cusp proton precipitation is modulated by flux transfer events formed by magnetopause reconnection. In the magnetotail, the global simulation reveals the interplay between instabilities and reconnection, and their combined role in global magnetotail reconfiguration. We also study the motion of the magnetopause in response to an enhancement in the solar wind dynamic pressure.

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Language(s): eng - English

Dates: Finally published : 2023

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Identifiers: DOI: 10.57757/IUGG23-2624

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Title: XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)

Place of Event: Berlin

Start-/End Date: 2023-07-11 - 2023-07-20

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