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Mars Under Primordial Solar Wind Conditions: Mars Express Observations of the Strongest CME Detected at Mars Under Solar Cycle #24 and its Impact on Atmospheric Ion Escape
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- Ramstad, Robin, 1986- (författare)
- Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna
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- Barabash, Stas (författare)
- Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna
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- Futaana, Yoshifumi (författare)
- Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna
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- Yamauchi, Masatoshi (författare)
- Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna
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- Nilsson, Hans (författare)
- Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna
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- Holmström, Mats (författare)
- Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna
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- 2017
- 2017
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Geophysical Research Letters. - 0094-8276 .- 1944-8007.
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Abstract
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- An extremely strong Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) impacted Mars on 12 July 2011, while theMars Express spacecraft was present inside the nightside ionosphere. Estimated solar wind density andspeed during the event are 39 particles cm−3 and 730 km/s, corresponding to nominal solar wind fluxat Mars when the solar system was ∼1.1 Ga old. Comparing with expected average atmospheric heavy ionfluxes under similar XUV conditions, the CME impact is found to have no significant effect on the escaperate 3.3 × 1024 s−1, with an upper limit at 1025 s−1 if the observed tail contraction is not taken into account.On the subsequent orbit, 7 h later after magnetosphere response, fluxes were only 2.4% of average. As such,even under primordial solar wind conditions we are unable to find support for a strong solar wind-driven ion escape, rather the main effect appears to be acceleration of the escaping ions by ×10–×20 typicalcharacteristic energy.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Fusion, plasma och rymdfysik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics (hsv//eng)
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