Validation of 2D and 3D MHD with embedded PIC (MHD-EPIC) simulations against MMS observations

Yuxi Chen1, Gabor Toth2, Tamas I Gombosi3, Stefano Markidis4, Ivy Bo Peng4, Paul Cassak5 and Heli Hietala6, (1)Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, United States, (2)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (4)KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, (5)West Virginia University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Morgantown, United States, (6)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States