SM012-01
Acceleration of heavy ions in dipolarization events

Tuesday, 8 December 2020: 17:30
Virtual
Joachim Birn, Space Science Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Michael Hesse, University of Bergen, Space Plasma Physics Group, Bergen, Norway, Sam Bingham, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, (Deceased during the planning stages of the session), Laurel, MD, United States and Drew L. Turner, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Recorded Presentation
Abstract:
Using an MHD simulation of near tail reconnection associated with the collapse (dipolarization) of the inner tail in combination with test particle tracing we study the acceleration of energetic oxygen ions and their spatial and temporal distributions. The simulated fluxes show large anisotropies and nongyrotropic effects, phase bunching, and spatially and temporally localized beams
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