H10: Plasma interactions with solar system bodies (2)

Friday, August 22  09:40-10:40,  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.

9:40  H10.1   FULL KINETIC SIMULATION ON PLASMA FLOW RESPONSE TO A MESO-SCALE MAGNETIC DIPOLE

H. Usui¹, M. Umezawa¹, Y. Miyake¹, M. Matsumoto², T. Moritaka³, M. Nishino⁴

¹Graduate School of System Informatics, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
²Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
³Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
⁴Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

10:00  H10.2   A CASE STUDY OF HIGH-SPEED FLOW OF HIGH DENSITY

W. Shang¹, Q. Shi¹, A. Tian¹, M. W. Dunlop², Z. Yao³

¹School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai, China
²Space Sciences Division, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, UK
³School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China

10:20  H10.3   OBSERVATIONS OF UPSTREAM ULTRA-LOW-FREQUENCY WAVES IN THE MERCURY’S FORESHOCK

G. Le¹, P. J. Chi², X. Blanco-Cano³, S. Boardsen¹, J. A. Slavin⁴, B. J. Anderson⁵, H. Korth⁵

¹Space Weather Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
²Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Science, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
³Instituto de Geofisica, UNAM, Ciencias Espaciales, DF, Mexico
⁴Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
⁵Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, USA