Table 3
Rate of ionospheric plasma being removed at the outer simulation box boundaries and stellar wind plasma being removed at the planet surface.
| Ionosphere | Stellar wind | |||
| Simulation Run | (s-1) | (s-1) | ||
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| Perpendicular run | (αsw,0 = 90°) | 1.3 × 1029(46%) | 8.1 × 1024 | |
| Intermediate run | (αsw,0 = 30°) | 1.2 × 1029(42%) | 9.0 × 1024 | |
| Quasiparallel run | (αsw,0 = 10°) | 9.5 × 1028(34%) | 5.8 × 1025 | |
Notes. Percentages within brackets refer to the equivalent fraction of the total ionospheric production rate Qtot in Table 2. Plasma can only be removed at the planet surface and the outer simulation box boundaries. The numbers are time averages for the quasistationary state at which the plasma production rate of each species equals the respective time-averaged plasma removal rates (planetary surface plus simulation box boundaries).
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