A deep insight into the ion foreshock with the help of  test particle two-dimensional simulations

Savoini, Philippe; Lembège, Bertrand

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-1217-2020

Articles | Volume 38, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-1217-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-1217-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 38, issue 6

Regular paper

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24 Nov 2020

Regular paper |

| 24 Nov 2020

A deep insight into the ion foreshock with the help of test particle two-dimensional simulations

Philippe Savoini and Bertrand Lembège

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RC1: 'Please see my comments in the attached pdf', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Apr 2020
- AC1: 'Answer to the comments of referee #1', Philippe Savoini, 22 Jun 2020
- AC3: 'answer Referee1 + modified paper', Philippe Savoini, 25 Jun 2020
RC2: 'Review of manuscript', Yann Pfau-Kempf, 04 May 2020
- AC2: 'Answer to the comments of referee #2', Philippe Savoini, 22 Jun 2020
- AC4: 'answer referee 2 + modified paper', Philippe Savoini, 25 Jun 2020

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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) (25 Jun 2020) by Minna Palmroth

AR by Philippe Savoini on behalf of the Authors (05 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Aug 2020) by Minna Palmroth

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Aug 2020)

RR by Yann Pfau-Kempf (26 Aug 2020)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (26 Aug 2020) by Minna Palmroth

Short summary

Numerical simulations have been used to investigate some acceleration mechanisms in order to explain the origin of the energized back-streaming ions observed at the Earth's bow shock. This paper used test particles in two different configurations with self-consistent and fixed shock front profiles. The comparison of these two configurations allows us to analyze, in detail, the impact of the shock front nonstationarity and the role of the built-up electric field in the acceleration process.