Ion distribution functions in magnetotail reconnection: global hybrid-Vlasov simulation results

Runov, Andrei; Grandin, Maxime; Palmroth, Minna; Battarbee, Markus; Ganse, Urs; Hietala, Heli; Hoilijoki, Sanni; Kilpua, Emilia; Pfau-Kempf, Yann; Toledo-Redondo, Sergio; Turc, Lucile; Turner, Drew

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-599-2021

Articles | Volume 39, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-599-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-599-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 39, issue 4

Regular paper

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02 Jul 2021

Regular paper |

| 02 Jul 2021

Ion distribution functions in magnetotail reconnection: global hybrid-Vlasov simulation results

Andrei Runov, Maxime Grandin, Minna Palmroth, Markus Battarbee, Urs Ganse, Heli Hietala, Sanni Hoilijoki, Emilia Kilpua, Yann Pfau-Kempf, Sergio Toledo-Redondo, Lucile Turc, and Drew Turner

Data sets

Vlasiator M. Palmroth http://www.physics.helsinki.fi/vlasiator/

Vlasiator: hybrid-Vlasov simulation code Palmroth, M. and the Vlasiator team https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3640593

VLSV: file format and tools A. Sandroos https://github.com/fmihpc/vlsv/

Model code and software

Analysator: python analysis toolkit Battarbee, M. and the Vlasiator team https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4462515

Short summary

In collisionless systems like space plasma, particle velocity distributions contain fingerprints...