Menura: a code for simulating the interaction between a turbulent solar wind and solar system bodies
Open Access
- 9 May 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Copernicus GmbH in Annales Geophysicae
- Vol. 40 (3), 281-297
- https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-40-281-2022
Abstract
Despite the close relationship between planetary science and plasma physics, few advanced numerical tools allow bridging the two topics. The code Menura proposes a breakthrough towards the self-consistent modelling of these overlapping fields, in a novel two-step approach allowing for the global simulation of the interaction between a fully turbulent solar wind and various bodies of the solar system. This article introduces the new code and its two-step global algorithm, illustrated by a first example: the interaction between a turbulent solar wind and a comet.Keywords
Funding Information
- Vetenskapsrådet (2019-06289, 2018-03454)
- Swedish National Space Agency (115/18)
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