Understanding Multi-Scale Plasma Energization in Mercury’s Magnetosphere using Global Kinetic Simulations and MESSENGER Data
Nicole Echterling1, David Schriver2, Pavel M. Travnicek3, Giovanni Lapenta4, Jorge Amaya5, Robert L Richard2, Jean Berchem2, Mostafa El-Alaoui6 and Raymond J Walker1, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Mathematics, Leuven, Belgium, (5)KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, (6)UCLA, Physics and Astronomy, Los Angeles, CA, United States