Mars-Solar Wind Interaction: Coupling Between Hybrid, Ionospheric, Thermospheric and Exospheric Models

François Leblanc (1) , Jean-Yves Chaufray (1) , Ronan Modolo (1) , Sebastien Hess (2) , M. Yagi (3) , M. Mancini (4) , François Forget (5) , Francisco Gonzalez-Galindo (6) , L. Lorenzato (7) , Christian Mazelle (7) , Gérard Chanteur (8)

1 HELIOS - LATMOS
2 ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Châtillon]
3 STELab - Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory [Nagoya]
4 LUTH (UMR_8102) - Laboratoire Univers et Théories
5 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)
6 IAA - Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
7 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
8 LPP - Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas

The solar wind interaction with the Martian neutral envi- ronment is investigated by means of three dimensional hybrid magnetospheric simulations. In such formal- ism, ions have a kinetic description while electrons are treated as an inertialess fluid, ensuring the neutrality of the plasma and contributing to currents and pressure terms. This model has been successfully used to de- scribe the near ionized environment of Mars

Domaines: Astrophysique stellaire et solaire [astro-ph.SR]; Physique Atmosphérique et Océanique [physics.ao-ph]

François Leblanc, Jean-Yves Chaufray, Ronan Modolo, Sebastien Hess, M. Yagi, et al.. Mars-Solar Wind Interaction: Coupling Between Hybrid, Ionospheric, Thermospheric and Exospheric Models. Fifth international workshop on the Mars atmosphere: Modelling and observations, Jan 2014, Oxford, United Kingdom. ⟨insu-01140152⟩