Numerical Studies of Magnetospheric Dynamics & Related SpacePlasma Processes

数值模拟是研究 空间等离子体物理学 这笔补助金用于继续研究 支持研究冲击波的性质， 耗散磁流体力学和动力学理论的不连续性， 磁层动力学和无碰撞撕裂 磁尾的不稳定 混合和隐式粒子 模拟将被用来研究动力学性质的 中间冲击和这种结构在 地球磁尾的昼侧重联 研究使用越来越现实的模型， 地球等离子体片。 主要目的是了解 当一个新的中性线形成在预先存在的封闭 等离子体片的场线。

Numerical simulations are important tools for the study of space plasma physics. This grant is for continued research support to study the properties of shock waves and discontinuities in dissipative MHD and kinetic theory, the dynamics of the magnetosphere, and collisionless tearing instability in the magnetotail. Hybrid and implicit particle simulations will be used to study the kinetic properties of intermediate shocks and the possible role of such structures in dayside reconnection in the Earth's magnetotail will be investigated using increasingly realistic models of the near Earth plasma sheet. The principal aim will be to understand how and when a new neutral line forms within the pre-existing closed field lines of the plasma sheet.