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  Kinetic Simulations of Electron Acceleration at Mercury

Büchner, J., Kilian, P., Muñoz Sepúlveda, P. A., Spanier, F., Widmer, F., Zhou, X., et al. (2018). Kinetic Simulations of Electron Acceleration at Mercury. In H. Lühr, J. Wicht, S. A. Gilder, & M. Holschneider (Eds.), Magnetic Fields in the Solar System: Planets, Moons and Solar Wind Interactions (pp. 201-240). Cham: Springer.

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Büchner, Jörg1, Author           
Kilian, Patrick1, Author           
Muñoz Sepúlveda, Patricio A.1, Author           
Spanier, Felix, Author
Widmer, Fabien2, Author           
Zhou, Xiaowei, Author
Jain, N.1, Author           
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1Department Sun and Heliosphere, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Max Planck Society, ou_1832289              
2IMPRS on Physical Processes in the Solar System and Beyond, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Max Planck Society, ou_1832290              

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 MPIS_GROUPS: Sun and Heliosphere
 MPIS_PROJECTS: Theory: Sim Sol Sys Plasma
 Abstract: In preparation of the ESA-JAXA mission Bepi Colombo we reconsidered the electron acceleration near Mercury. We first reviewed the existing observations starting from NASA’s Mariner-10 (1974–1975). Some of them later were shown to be inaccurate. Recently NASA’s Messenger mission newly observed energetic electrons including bursts of energies up to 100–200 keV. This by far exceeds the electron energies in the upstream solar wind. The acceleration mechanisms are, however, still not well understood. We derive models of electron acceleration near Mercury by passing strong interplanetary shocks, by reconnection at the magnetopause and in the Hermean magnetotail. We obtained the resulting electron energies and spectra in the near-Mercury MHD- and kinetic plasma turbulence as well as due to electric field structures by means of test particle calculations and also by fully self-consistent kinetic two- and three-dimensional PIC-code simulations whose results and, therefore, the acceleration mechanisms should be verified by the coming ESA-JAXA Bepi-Colombo mission to Mercury.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2018-03-192018
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64292-5_8
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Title: Magnetic Fields in the Solar System : Planets, Moons and Solar Wind Interactions
Source Genre: Book
 Creator(s):
Lühr, Hermann, Editor
Wicht, Johannes1, Editor           
Gilder, Stuart A., Editor
Holschneider, Matthias, Editor
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1 Department Planets and Comets, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Max Planck Society, ou_1832288            
Publ. Info: Cham : Springer
Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 201 - 240 Identifier: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64292-5