Solar wind charge exchange induced X-rays at Venus during the Messenger flyby

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Sep 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006cxo..prop.2092d&link_type=abstract

Chandra Proposal ID #08100802

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #08100802

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The interaction of the solar wind with planetary atmospheres has important consequences for their evolution. This process can be studied particularly well at Venus, because there the solar wind flow is not attenuated by a planetary magnetic field and interacts directly with its atmosphere. The discovery of cometary X-ray emission has demonstrated that charge exchange induced X-rays of heavy solar wind ions can be used as an efficient tracer of low density gas, offering a unique window on this interaction, with many diagnostic qualities. We propose to utilize the exceptional opportunity provided by the Messenger flyby in June 2007 and the presence of Venus Express for combining local measurements with the global view provided by Chandra for a pioneering X-ray study of this interaction.

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