PREISSER , Luis

We present the results of two numerical simulations of the interaction between the solar wind and a planetary Earth-like magnetosphere. We use the hybrid particle-in-cell (PIC) code Menura, which allows for injecting a turbulent solar wind [1]. The two numerical simulations we present only differ one from the other on the nature of the solar...

Linear Magnetic Holes (LMHs) are magnetic field depressions generated in the solar wind upstream of planetary and cometary shock. Some of those structures are reminiscent of mirror modes, thus possibly linked to the mirror mode instability driven by a temperature anisotropy in a large plasma beta environment. LMHs have also been found...