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Table 1

Table of reference SPIS simulation environment parameters used in Sects. 4 and 6.

new 100 cm−3
Tew 10 eV
Ti 1 eV
mi 19 amu (H3O+)
ui 0 ms−1
jph0 32 μAm−2
d 3 AU
Simulation volume Sphere of radius 15 m
Secondary electron emission Off
Number of cells 4.15 × 105
Number of PIC particles ≈5 × 106

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