HR: 0800h
AN: SA31B-07    [Abstracts]
TI: 3d Hybrid Simulation of the Martian Plasma Environment and Comparison With Mars Express and Rosetta Flyby Data
AU: * Motschmann, U
EM: u.motschmann@tu-bs.de
AF: Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstrasse 3, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
AU: Boesswetter, A
EM: a.boesswetter@tu-bs.de
AF: Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstrasse 3, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
AU: Glassmeier, K
EM: kh.glassmeier@tu-bs.de
AF: Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstrasse 3, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
AU: Auster, U
EM: uli.auster@tu-bs.de
AF: Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstrasse 3, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
AU: Richter, I
EM: i.richter@tu-bs.de
AF: Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstrasse 3, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
AU: Fraenz, M
EM: fraenz@mps.mpg.de
AF: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Max Planck Strasse, Katlenburg-Lindau, 37191, Germany
AU: Barabash, S
EM: stas@irf.se
AF: Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Kiruna, 98128, Sweden
AB: The interaction of the solar wind with the Martian magnetosphere is simulated by a 3d hybrid code model. This approach is applied as the gyroradii of the solar wind protons are in the range of several hundred kilometers and therefore they are comparable to the characteristic scale of the subsolar ionospheric interaction region. Characteristic boundaries as bow shock and ion composition boundary are identified and they are compared with Mars-Express data and the Mars flyby of the Rosetta spacecraft.
DE: 2431 Ionosphere/magnetosphere interactions (2736)
DE: 2736 Magnetosphere/ionosphere interactions (2431)
DE: 2756 Planetary magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6033)
DE: 6225 Mars
DE: 7833 Mathematical and numerical techniques (0500, 3200)
SC: SPA-Aeronomy [SA]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly