Umeå University's logo

umu.sePublications
Operational message
There are currently operational disruptions. Troubleshooting is in progress.
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Modeling the Lunar Wake Response to a CME Using a Hybrid PIC Model
Solar System Exploration Division, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, MD, Greenbelt, United States.
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9450-6672
Solar System Exploration Division, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, MD, Greenbelt, United States.
2022 (English)In: Planetary Science Journal, E-ISSN 2632-3338, Vol. 3, no 1, article id 4Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In the solar wind, a low-density wake region forms downstream of the nightside lunar surface. In this study, we use a series of 3D hybrid particle-in-cell simulations to model the response of the lunar wake to a passing coronal mass ejection (CME). Average plasma parameters are derived from the Wind spacecraft located at 1 au during three distinct phases of a passing halo (Earth-directed) CME on 2015 June 22. Each set of plasma parameters, representing the shock/plasma sheath, a magnetic cloud, and plasma conditions we call the mid-CME phase, are used as the time-static upstream boundary conditions for three separate simulations. These simulation results are then compared with results that use nominal solar wind conditions. Results show a shortened plasma void compared to nominal conditions and a distinctive rarefaction cone originating from the terminator during the CME’s plasma sheath phase, while a highly elongated plasma void reforms during the magnetic cloud and mid-CME phases. Developments of electric and magnetic field intensification are also observed during the plasma sheath phase along the central wake, while electrostatic turbulence dominates along the plasma void boundaries and 2–3 lunar radii RM downstream in the central wake during the magnetic cloud and mid-CME phases. The simulations demonstrate that the lunar wake responds in a dynamic way with the changes in the upstream solar wind during a CME.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Astronomical Society , 2022. Vol. 3, no 1, article id 4
Keywords [en]
Solar coronal mass ejections, Space plasmas, Theoretical models, The Moon
National Category
Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-192167DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ac3fbaISI: 000913036700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85123439391OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-192167DiVA, id: diva2:1634815
Available from: 2022-02-03 Created: 2022-02-03 Last updated: 2023-09-05Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(2075 kB)195 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 2075 kBChecksum SHA-512
eb94fe05aad3b70124d998807f587b67ba9f347cbf7e13ef7527742d628eb702cad284257571b1836ed341a44322e53db67532751929d1c760ef32d57bd07ad1
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

Other links

Publisher's full textScopus

Authority records

Fatemi, Shahab

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Fatemi, Shahab
By organisation
Department of Physics
Fusion, Plasma and Space PhysicsAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 195 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

doi
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

doi
urn-nbn
Total: 292 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf