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Comparative investigation of the terrestrial and Venusian magnetopause: Kinetic modeling and experimental observations by Cluster and Venus Express

dc.contributor.authorEchim, M.
dc.contributor.authorMaggiolo, R.
dc.contributor.authorDe Keyser, J.
dc.contributor.authorZhang, T.L.
dc.contributor.authorVoitcu, G.
dc.contributor.authorBarabash, S.
dc.contributor.authorLundin, R.
dc.date2011
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-29T12:43:51Z
dc.date.available2016-03-29T12:43:51Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/3072
dc.descriptionIn June 2006 Venus Express crossed several times the outer boundary of Venus induced magnetosphere, its magnetosheath and its bow shock. During the same interval the Cluster spacecraft surveyed the dawn flank of the terrestrial magnetosphere, intersected the Earth's magnetopause and spent long time intervals in the magnetosheath. This configuration offers the opportunity to perform a joint investigation of the interface between Venus and Earth's outer plasma layers and the shocked solar wind. We discuss the kinetic structure of the magnetopause of both planets, its global characteristics and the effects on the interaction between the planetary plasma and the solar wind. A Vlasov equilibrium model is constructed for both planetary magnetopauses and provides good estimates of the magnetic field profile across the interface. The model is also in agreement with plasma data and evidence the role of planetary and solar wind ions on the spatial scale of the equilibrium magnetopause of the two planets. The main characteristics of the two magnetopauses are discussed and compared.
dc.languageeng
dc.titleComparative investigation of the terrestrial and Venusian magnetopause: Kinetic modeling and experimental observations by Cluster and Venus Express
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiPhysical sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeBow shocks
dc.subject.freeCluster spacecraft
dc.subject.freeExperimental observation
dc.subject.freeInduced magnetospheres
dc.subject.freeKinetic modeling
dc.subject.freeKinetic structure
dc.subject.freeMagnetic field profile
dc.subject.freeMagnetopause
dc.subject.freeMagnetosheaths
dc.subject.freeMain characteristics
dc.subject.freePlasma layer
dc.subject.freeSolar-wind ions
dc.subject.freeSpatial scale
dc.subject.freeTangential discontinuities
dc.subject.freeTerrestrial magnetosphere
dc.subject.freeTime interval
dc.subject.freeVenus
dc.subject.freeVenus Express
dc.subject.freeVlasov equilibria
dc.subject.freeIgneous rocks
dc.subject.freeInterplanetary spacecraft
dc.subject.freeKinetic theory
dc.subject.freeKinetics
dc.subject.freeMagnetic fields
dc.subject.freePlanets
dc.subject.freeSolar wind
dc.subject.freeMagnetosphere
dc.source.titlePlanetary and Space Science
dc.source.volume59
dc.source.issue10
dc.source.page1028-1038
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.pss.2010.04.019
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-79961171045


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