Ion Dynamics in the Meso-scale 3-D Kelvin–Helmholtz Instability: Perspectives From Test Particle Simulations

Ion Dynamics in the Meso-scale 3-D Kelvin–Helmholtz Instability: Perspectives From Test Particle Simulations

Over three decades of in-situ observations illustrate that the Kelvin–Helmholtz (KH) instability driven by the sheared flow between the magnetosheath and magnetospheric plasma often occurs on the magnetopause of Earth and other planets under various interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) conditions. It...

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Main Authors: Xuanye Ma, Peter Delamere, Katariina Nykyri, Brandon Burkholder, Stefan Eriksson, Yu-Lun Liou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Subjects:
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
test particle simulation
ion acceleration
magnetopause
MHD simulation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2021.758442/full

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