Analysis of Collisionless Shock Turbulence by Using Virtual Satellites in 2-D Full Particle-in-Cell Simulations

Author

Lembege, Bertrand ; Huang, Zheng ; Martel, Pierre ; Cai, Dongsheng

Author_Institution

CETP-UVSQ-IPSL-CNRS, Velizy

Volume

36

Issue

4

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1172

Lastpage

1173

Abstract

Two-dimensional full particle electromagnetic particle-in-cell simulations are used in order to reproduce and analyze in details the intrinsic turbulence of the terrestrial collisionless bow shock. In order to compare numerical results and local experimental measurements performed by the four-satellite space mission CLUSTER, one has developed ldquovirtual proberdquo techniques crossing the ldquonumericalrdquo shock in order to mimic the real CLUSTER mission. Numerical results shown in this paper illustrate the measurements of a turbulent macroscopic magnetic field obtained through a time-varying and inhomogeneous shock front.

Keywords

artificial satellites; atmospheric waves; geophysical fluid dynamics; magnetosphere; plasma shock waves; plasma simulation; plasma turbulence; 2D full particle-in-cell simulations; CLUSTER four-satellite space mission; collisionless shock turbulence; electromagnetic particle-in-cell simulations; inhomogeneous shock front; intrinsic turbulence; terrestrial collisionless bow shock; virtual probe techniques; virtual satellites; Analytical models; Electric shock; Electromagnetic analysis; Magnetic field measurement; Performance evaluation; Plasma measurements; Plasma simulation; Probes; Satellites; Space missions; Plasma; shock waves; visualization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2008.927096

Filename

4599034