H09: Plasma interactions with solar system bodies (1)

Friday, August 22  08:00-09:20,  Room #11

Plasma interactions with solar system bodies drastically change depending on the environment of the bodies such as presence of intrinsic magnetic field, atmosphere, and solid surface. For instance, the solar wind plasma directly impacts on the exosphere, atmosphere or surface of non-magnetized bodies such as Mars, Venus and moon and plasma wake is created in the nightside tail region, while magnetized planets are protected by their intrinsic magnetic fields and the solar wind-magnetosphere coupling plays an important role in plasma dynamics. As signatures of the interaction, various kinds of radio emissions and plasma waves are generated in numerous regions of our solar system. The aim of this session is to present recent progress in spacecraft observations, computer simulations and theoretical studies on plasma physics related to the solar wind and plasma flow interaction with solar system bodies. Papers related to future missions and research projects are also welcome.

8:00  H09.1   MAGNETIC RECONNECTION AT MERCURY AND IMPACTS OF SOLAR WIND IONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE PLANET FROM GLOBAL HYBRID SIMULATIONS

G. M. Chanteur¹, R. Modolo², F. Leblanc³

¹CNRS - Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
²UVSQ - IPSL - LATMOS, Guyancourt, France
³CNRS - IPSL -LATMOS, Paris, France

8:20  H09.2   PLASMA AND WAVE OBSERVATIONS IN THE DEEP LUNAR WAKE

M. N. Nishino¹, Y. Saito², Y. Kasahara³, Y. Omura⁴, K. Hashimoto⁴, T. Ono⁵, H. Tsunakawa⁶, F. Takahashi⁶, S. Yokota², M. Fujimoto²

¹Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
²ISAS, JAXA, Sagamihara, JAPAN
³Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
⁴Kyoto University, Uji, JAPAN
⁵Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
⁶Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

8:40  H09.3   EVOLUTION OF KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY AT VENUS IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PARALLEL MAGNETIC FIELD

H. Lu¹, J. Cao¹, T. Zhang², H. Fu¹

¹Space Science Institute, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China
²Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria

9:00  H09.4   LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS OF THE MAGNETOSPHERE

S. Børve^1,2, H. Sato³, H. L. Pecseli⁴, J. K. Trulsen¹

¹Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
²Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, Kjeller, Norway
³Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Neustrelitz, Germany
⁴Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway