Imaging plasma density structures in the soft X-rays generated by solar wind charge exchange with neutrals

DG Sibeck, R Allen, H Aryan, D Bodewits… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
Both heliophysics and planetary physics seek to understand the complex nature of the solar
wind's interaction with solar system obstacles like Earth's magnetosphere, the ionospheres …

Solar wind charge exchange: an astrophysical nuisance

KD Kuntz - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2019 - Springer
Solar wind charge-exchange (SWCX) emission is present in every X-ray observation of an
astrophysical object. The emission is problematic when one cannot remove the foreground …

Soft X‐ray imaging of the magnetosheath and cusps under different solar wind conditions: MHD simulations

TR Sun, C Wang, SF Sembay, RE Lopez… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The soft X‐ray emissions from the Earth's magnetosheath and cusp regions are simulated
under different solar wind conditions, based on the PPMLR‐MHD code. The X‐ray images …

Electron precipitation models in global magnetosphere simulations

B Zhang, W Lotko, O Brambles… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
General methods for improving the specification of electron precipitation in global
simulations are described and implemented in the Lyon‐Fedder‐Mobarry (LFM) global …

A three‐dimensional high Mach number asymmetric magnetopause model from global MHD simulation

ZQ Liu, JY Lu, C Wang, K Kabin… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The numerical results from a physics‐based global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model are
used to examine the effect of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), solar wind dynamic …

Multiscale dynamics in the high‐latitude ionosphere

Y Nishimura, Y Deng, LR Lyons… - Ionosphere …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter reviews recent findings of multi‐scale structures and dynamics in the high‐
latitude ionosphere, particularly on meso‐scale (10s‐100s km) processes, as well as their …

Influence of ion outflow in coupled geospace simulations: 1. Physics‐based ion outflow model development and sensitivity study

RH Varney, M Wiltberger, B Zhang… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We describe a coupled geospace model that includes causally regulated ion outflow from a
physics‐based ionosphere/polar wind model. The model two‐way couples the multifluid …

IMF control of Alfvénic energy transport and deposition at high latitudes

SM Hatch, J LaBelle, W Lotko… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the influence of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) clock angle ϕimf on
high‐latitude inertial Alfvén wave (IAW) activity in the magnetosphere‐ionosphere transition …

First MMS observation of energetic particles trapped in high‐latitude magnetic field depressions

K Nykyri, C Chu, X Ma, SA Fuselier… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present a case study of the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) observations of the
Southern Hemispheric dayside magnetospheric boundaries under southward interplanetary …

Does high-latitude ionospheric electrodynamics exhibit hemispheric mirror symmetry?

SM Hatch, H Vanhamäki, KM Laundal… - …, 2023 - egusphere.copernicus.org
Ionospheric electrodynamics is a problem of mechanical stress balance mediated by
electromagnetic forces. Joule heating (the total rate of frictional heating of thermospheric …