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The induced magnetosphere of Mars. Asymmetrical topology of the magnetic field lines
Edouard Dubinin
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Ronan Modolo
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Markus Fraenz
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Martin Pätzold
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Joachim Woch
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Lihui Chai
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Yong Wei
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John E. P. Connerney
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Jim Mcfadden
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Gina Dibraccio
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Jared Espley
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Elena Grigorenko
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Lev Zelenyi
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Edouard Dubinin 1
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Ronan Modolo 2
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Markus Fraenz 1
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Martin Pätzold 3
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Lev Zelenyi 8
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MPS - Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung (Göttingen, Allemagne - Germany)
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Jägerstrasse, 10-11, D-10117 Berlin - Germany)
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IMPEC - LATMOS (France)
- LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (11 boulevard d'Alembert
Quartier des Garennes
78280 - Guyancourt - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers : UMR8190 (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8190 (France)
- UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines : UMR8190 (55 avenue de Paris - 78035 Versailles cedex - France)
- SU - Sorbonne Université : UMR8190 (21 rue de l’École de médecine - 75006 Paris - France)
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RIU - Rheinisches Institut für Umweltforschung (Universität zu Köln, Aachener Straße 209, 50931 Köln - Germany)
- Universität zu Köln (Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Köln - Germany)
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EPP - CAS Key Laboratory of Earth and Planetary Physics (Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing - China)
- IGG - Institute of Geology and Geophysics [Beijing] (No. 19, Beitucheng Western Road, Chaoyang District, 100029, Beijing, P.R.China - China)
- CAS - Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] (52 Sanlihe Rd., Beijing, 100864 - China)
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GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD 20771 - United States)
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SSL - Space Sciences Laboratory [Berkeley] (7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720 - United States)
- University of California [Berkeley] (Berkeley, CA - United States)
- University of California (United States)
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GSFC Solar System Exploration Division (Greenbelt, Maryland, USA - United States)
- GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD 20771 - United States)
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IKI - Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (117997, 84/32 Profsoyuznaya Str, Moscow - Russia)
- RAS - Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (Leninsky Ave, 14, Moscow, Russie, 119991 - Russia)
Abstract : An asymmetrical pileup of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) leads to an additional draping of the field lines in the opposite direction to the motional electric field. Such a draping and the associated magnetic field forces push the ionosphere plasma in the transverse direction opening a passage for an ion trail which contains dense and slowly moving plasma. We found that wrapping of the field lines around Mars starts in the hemisphere pointing in the direction of the motional electric field and propagates to the opposite hemisphere where the cross‐flow component of the draped IMF changes sign in a broad area accompanied by the formation of loops of closed field lines. Reconnection near Mars accompanied by the generation of plasma vortices imposes serious constraints on the ion dynamics and their escape through the tail. The existence of all these features is confirmed by hybrid simulations.
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- HAL Id : insu-02339781, version 1
- DOI : 10.1029/2019GL084387
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Edouard Dubinin, Ronan Modolo, Markus Fraenz, Martin Pätzold, Joachim Woch, et al.. The induced magnetosphere of Mars. Asymmetrical topology of the magnetic field lines. Geophysical Research Letters, American Geophysical Union, 2019, 46 (22), pp.12722-12730. ⟨10.1029/2019GL084387⟩. ⟨insu-02339781⟩
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