Two Examples of Modeling Practices in Solar System Dynamics and Plasma Physics

Graduate Thesis Or Dissertation

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Abstract

Models are an essential part of the scientific practice. However, they often fail to be one-to-one representations of the physical system studied; they present idealizations and abstractions. By taking two models developed by me and collaborators as examples—bending waves in Saturn’s rings and acceleration ions in the Earth’s reconnecting magnetotail—I will argue that approximations and abstractions are not introduced in models for computational convenience alone but to highlight the explanatory relevant parts of the physical system in question.

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