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| Paper: |
Modeling Solar Wind Flow with the Multi-Scale Fluid-Kinetic Simulation Suite |
| Volume: |
474, Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM2012) |
| Page: |
165 |
| Authors: |
Pogorelov, N. V.; Borovikov, S. N.; Bedford, M. C.; Heerikhuisen, J.; Kim, T. K.; Kryukov, I. A.; Zank, G. P. |
| Abstract: |
Multi-Scale Fluid-Kinetic Simulation Suite (MS-FLUKSS) is a package of numerical codes capable of performing adaptive mesh
refinement simulations of complex plasma flows in the presence of discontinuities and charge exchange between
ions and neutral atoms. The flow of the ionized component is described with the ideal MHD equations, while
the transport of atoms is governed either by the Boltzmann equation or multiple Euler gas dynamics equations.
We have enhanced the code with additional physical treatments for the transport of turbulence and acceleration
of pickup ions in the interplanetary space and at the termination shock. In this paper, we present the results
of our numerical simulation of the solar wind (SW) interaction with the local interstellar medium (LISM)
in different time-dependent and stationary formulations. Numerical results are compared with the Ulysses,
Voyager, and OMNI observations. The SW boundary conditions are derived from in-situ spacecraft measurements and
remote observations. |
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