Hybrid Kinetic Model of the Interaction Between the Dense Plasma Clouds and Magnetospheric Plasma on Large Time and Spatial Scales, and Comparison With MMS Observations

We present a new simulation results of the cloud dynamics in the ambient magnetospheric plasma on the large time and spatial scales. It was assumed that these impulsive structures observed by the MMS spacecraft originally were created because of the reconnection at the magnetopause. Our new 3‐D hybrid kinetic modeling on the large time and spatial scales captures several of these processes: an excitation of the electromagnetic waves (whistler and shear‐Alfvén waves) and plasma instabilities (mirror and flute); a formation of shock waves, and collapsing diamagnetic cavity; particle acceleration. A strong overshoot in plasma density profile was observed in the modeling and MMS observation at the interface between the cloud and magnetospheric plasma. The cloud expansion into ambient magnetospheric plasma causes the flute waves connected with excitation of the Rayleigh‐Taylor instability observed at the overshoot in plasma density profile across the external magnetic field. The modeling demonstrates a formation of the whistler waves at the initial stage which propagate in the external magnetic field direction. At the later stage, a formation of shear‐Alfvén waves was observed. Dense plasma structures moving through supersonic and sub‐Alfvenic magnetospheric flows were captured in high‐resolution MMS observationsOur research provides for the first time insights into the wave‐particle interactions in the plasma cloud environment3‐D hybrid modeling and MMS observation were used for the study of the plasma cloud dynamics Dense plasma structures moving through supersonic and sub‐Alfvenic magnetospheric flows were captured in high‐resolution MMS observations Our research provides for the first time insights into the wave‐particle interactions in the plasma cloud environment 3‐D hybrid modeling and MMS observation were used for the study of the plasma cloud dynamics