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Dec 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987georl..14.1191i&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 14, Dec. 1987, p. 1191-1194.
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Mercury Atmosphere, Mercury Surface, Planetary Magnetospheres, Solar Planetary Interactions, Solar Wind, Transient Heating, Charged Particles, Particle Precipitation, Surface Temperature, Mercury (Planet), Magnetosphere, Irradiation, Surface, Numerical Methods, Models, Heating, Charged Particles, Precipitation, Temperature, Energy, Flux, Calculations, Diagrams
Scientific paper
Using numerical model calculations, the author investigates the transient heating effect from magnetospheric charged particle precipitation as proposed by Baker et al. (1987). Under extreme circumstances, the transient temperature increase may reach 1K if the heating duration lasts more than one minute and the energy influx reaches 104ergs cm-2s-1. Otherwise, the expected temperature rise should be substantially smaller (ΔT < 0.05K). From this point of view, optical observations capable of differentiating various degrees of particle irradiation effect might be more appropriate to pinpoint signature of Mercury's auroral zones.
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