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Evolution of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at Venus in the presence of the parallel magnetic field

Zhang, T. L.; Cao, J. B.; Fu, H. S. +2 more

Two-dimensional MHD simulations were performed to study the evolution of the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability at the Venusian ionopause in response to the strong flow shear in presence of the in-plane magnetic field parallel to the flow direction. The physical behavior of the KH instability as well as the triggering and occurrence conditions for …