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Description
Electron-scale physics is often the key ingredient that helps to disentangle complex plasma measurements. In this talk, I highlight the synergies between in-situ observations, simulation models and laboratory experiments, characterizing the role that localized plasma processes can have in regulating the large-scale dynamics and evolution of a macroscopic system. I focus on modeling the kinetic interaction of bodies immersed in plasma using different numerical approaches. I investigate (a) dust and tiny magnets exposed to a laboratory plasma, (b) the charging of spacecraft, such as the Parker Solar Probe, and instruments deployed on regolith surfaces, and (c) the plasma interaction with outgassing comets, such as 67P, lunar magnetic anomalies, such as the Reiner Gamma region, and planetary magnetospheres, such as Mercury. To conclude, this talk provides an overview of a set of state-of-the-art tools that are continuously pushing forward our understanding of fundamental planetary processes across multiple Solar System bodies. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, maybe you can try a fully kinetic model?
