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Table 1

Input parameters

Parameter All cases
mi/me 36
U0/VTe 0.36
U0/VTi 2.17
β 0.01
ɛ 190
L/rLi 13
L/RM 0.76
IMF direction northward
Bss/B0 1.81
mx × my × mz 405 × 255 × 605
np 20 000 000
Nc 100

Notes. mi/me – ion-to-electron mass ratio, U0 – plasma bulk velocity at injection, VTe and VTi – thermal speed of electrons and ions, β – plasma-beta, ɛ – plasma dielectric constant, L – transversal size of the plasma element (with respect to the IMF direction), rLi – Larmor radius of thermal ions, RM – radius of Mercury, Bss – magnetic field magnitude at the subsolar magnetopause (just inside the magnetosphere), B0 – IMF magnitude, mx, my, mz – number of simulation grid-cells along each direction, np – total number of simulated particles per species, and Nc – number of particles per grid-cell per species.

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