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With the advent of the space era, space weather is increasingly becoming important as its prediction is of paramount importance to the safety of spacecraft and satellites. Much of the decisive dynamics in space weather is determined by solar and terrestrial plasma dynamics. Such dynamics can be described by kinetic equations which can be simulated through particle-in-cell simulations. An overview of selected topics will be presented, including flux rope equilibrium selection, magnetic reconnection onset, and magnetogenesis. |