NSC2016-0070 Fluidodynamics, Plasma and Turbulence

Simulating the interaction of a comet with the solar wind using a magnetohydrodynamic model

Edgard F. D. Evangelista¹; Margarete O. Domingues¹; Odim Mendes²; Oswaldo D. Miranda³

¹ Laboratório Associado de Computação e Matemática Aplicada (LAC), INPE; ² Divisão de Geofísica (DGE), INPE; ³ Divisão de Astrofísica (DAS), INPE

doi:10.20906/CPS/NSC2016-0070

Resumo

We present the simulation of a comet interacting with the solar wind. The simulations are treated in the framework of the ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), using the FLASH code in order to solve the equations of such a formalism. In our simulations the comet is treated as a spherically symmetric source of ions. Our aim is to study the influence of the solar wind on the characteristics of the comet.

Palavras-chave: Fluidodynamics, Plasma and Turbulence; Modeling, Numerical Simulation and Optimization; Geophysical Nonlinear Dynamics; FLASH code; magnetohydrodynamics

Como citar

Edgard F. D. Evangelista; Margarete O. Domingues; Odim Mendes; Oswaldo D. Miranda. “Simulating the interaction of a comet with the solar wind using a magnetohydrodynamic model”. 6th International Conference on Nonlinear Science and Complexity. NSC2016. 2016. DOI: 10.20906/CPS/NSC2016-0070