Cavitons and spontaneous hot flow anomalies in a hybrid-Vlasov global magnetospheric simulation

Blanco-Cano, Xochitl; Battarbee, Markus; Turc, Lucile; Dimmock, Andrew P.; Kilpua, Emilia K. J.; Hoilijoki, Sanni; Ganse, Urs; Sibeck, David G.; Cassak, Paul A.; Fear, Robert C.; Jarvinen, Riku; Juusola, Liisa; Pfau-Kempf, Yann; Vainio, Rami; Palmroth, Minna

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1081-2018

Articles | Volume 36, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1081-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1081-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 36, issue 4

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08 Aug 2018

Regular paper |

| 08 Aug 2018

Cavitons and spontaneous hot flow anomalies in a hybrid-Vlasov global magnetospheric simulation

Xochitl Blanco-Cano, Markus Battarbee, Lucile Turc, Andrew P. Dimmock, Emilia K. J. Kilpua, Sanni Hoilijoki, Urs Ganse, David G. Sibeck, Paul A. Cassak, Robert C. Fear, Riku Jarvinen, Liisa Juusola, Yann Pfau-Kempf, Rami Vainio, and Minna Palmroth

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RC1: 'The simulation results are interesting and will contribute to the study of quasi-parallel shocks.', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Answer to Referee 1', Xochitl Blanco-Cano, 17 May 2018
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Apr 2018
- AC2: 'Answer to Referee2', Xochitl Blanco-Cano, 18 May 2018
  - AC3: 'Answe to Referee 2, additional information', Xochitl Blanco-Cano, 20 May 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (30 May 2018) by Christopher Owen

AR by Markus Battarbee on behalf of the Authors (29 Jun 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (03 Jul 2018) by Christopher Owen

AR by Markus Battarbee on behalf of the Authors (09 Jul 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

We use the Vlasiator code to study the characteristics of transient structures that exist in the Earth's foreshock, i.e. upstream of the bow shock. The structures are cavitons and spontaneous hot flow anomalies (SHFAs). These transients can interact with the bow shock. We study the changes the shock suffers via this interaction. We also investigate ion distributions associated with the cavitons and SHFAs. A very important result is that the arrival of multiple SHFAs results in shock erosion.