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Acuña

Andrew F. Nagy

Darren L. DeZeeuw

Elphic

Gurnett

Hall

Kabin

Kenneth G. Powell

Kivelson

Kliore

Konstantin Kabin

Michael R. Combi

Paterson

Powell

Saur

Schunk

Smyth

Tamas I. Gombosi

Tanaka

Yifan Liu

Geophysical Research Letters

English

Abstract. The interaction of Europa with the Jovian magnetosphere has been studied by using a two species ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) numerical model. This model considers the upstream plasma in the Jovian magnetosphere and the molecular oxygen ions in the ionosphere of Europa, separately. We present results from simulation studies, which take into account im-pact ionization, recombination, and the effect of a pos-sible induced ipole magnetic field of Europa. The total mass loading of the magnetospheric flow and the ion-ization frequency used in the model are consistent with the estimates of Europa&apos;s ionosphere and atmosphere. The multi-species MHD equations are solved by using a finite volume, high-order, Godunov-type method on an adaptively refined unstructured grid, which allows detailed modeling of the region near Europa&apos;s surface, while still resolving both the upstream region and the satellite&apos;s wake. We have paid special attention to the wake of Europa, in order to be able to make compar-isons with the Galileo&apos;s E4 flyby observations, a well as other model calculations. The calculated escape flux of O • + down the tail was found to be about 5.6 x 1055 s-•

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Two species, 3D MHD simulation of Europa’s interaction with Jupiter’s magnetosphere

Liu, Yifan

Nagy, Andrew F.

Kabin, Konstantin

Combi, Michael R.

DeZeeuw, Darren L.

Gombosi, Tamas I.

Powell, Kenneth G.

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Two‐species, 3D, MHD simulation of Europa's interaction with Jupiter's magnetosphere

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