Mass Loading of Space Plasmas

The solar wind interaction with an icy comet is studied through a model problem. A hybrid simulation is done of a box with evenly distributed water ions and protons, where initially the water ions are stationary, and protons move with the speed of the solar wind. The purpose of the thesis is to inve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lidström, Viktor
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Luleå tekniska universitet, Rymdteknik 2017
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-62094