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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-37-791-2019
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Hybrid-Vlasov modelling of nightside auroral proton precipitation during southward interplanetary magnetic field conditions
Maxime Grandin
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Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Markus Battarbee
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Adnane Osmane
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Urs Ganse
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Yann Pfau-Kempf
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Lucile Turc
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Thiago Brito
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Tuomas Koskela
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Maxime Dubart
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Minna Palmroth
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Hybrid-Vlasov simulation of auroral proton precipitation in the cusps: Comparison of northward and southward interplanetary magnetic field driving M. Grandin et al.
- Enabling technology for global 3D+3V hybrid-Vlasov simulations of near-Earth space U. Ganse et al.
- Atmospheric odd nitrogen response to electron forcing from a 6D magnetospheric hybrid-kinetic simulation T. Häkkilä et al.
- Meso-Scale Electrodynamic Coupling of the Earth Magnetosphere-Ionosphere System Y. Yu et al.
- Vlasov simulation of electrons in the context of hybrid global models: an eVlasiator approach M. Battarbee et al.
- Ion distribution functions in magnetotail reconnection: global hybrid-Vlasov simulation results A. Runov et al.
- Resolution dependence of magnetosheath waves in global hybrid-Vlasov simulations M. Dubart et al.
- Comparative Analysis of the Vlasiator Simulations and MMS Observations of Multiple X‐Line Reconnection and Flux Transfer Events M. Akhavan‐Tafti et al.
- Magnetospheric Response to a Pressure Pulse in a Three‐Dimensional Hybrid‐Vlasov Simulation K. Horaites et al.
- Spatial filtering in a 6D hybrid-Vlasov scheme to alleviate adaptive mesh refinement artifacts: a case study with Vlasiator (versions 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2.1) K. Papadakis et al.
- Lower-thermosphere–ionosphere (LTI) quantities: current status of measuring techniques and models M. Palmroth et al.
- The Vlasiator 5.2 ionosphere – coupling a magnetospheric hybrid-Vlasov simulation with a height-integrated ionosphere model U. Ganse et al.
- Vlasov methods in space physics and astrophysics M. Palmroth et al.
- First 3D hybrid-Vlasov global simulation of auroral proton precipitation and comparison with satellite observations M. Grandin et al.
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Short summary
When the terrestrial magnetic field is disturbed, particles from the near-Earth space can precipitate into the upper atmosphere. This work presents, for the first time, numerical simulations of proton precipitation in the energy range associated with the production of aurora (∼1–30 keV) using a global kinetic model of the near-Earth space: Vlasiator. We find that nightside proton precipitation can be regulated by the transition region between stretched and dipolar geomagnetic field lines.
When the terrestrial magnetic field is disturbed, particles from the near-Earth space can...
