Abstract
We present results from hybrid simulations (kinetic ion/fluid electron) of the interaction of interstellar pickup ions with collisionless shocks. Since cross-field transport is unphysically suppressed in the one-dimensional geometry used here, an ad hoc scattering algorithm is used to model this effect. This is a necessary step to accelerate the pickup ions from their initial low energies at quasi-perpendicular shocks to the high energies which are often observed associated with traveling interplanetary shocks by Ulysses.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 441-446 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Space Science Reviews |
Volume | 72 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1995 |
Keywords
- interplanetary shocks
- interstellar pickup ions
- shock acceleration
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Space and Planetary Science