3D MHD studies of the effects of the crustal magnetic field and the corona on the solar wind interaction with Mars

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Dec 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003dps....35.1426m&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #35, #14.26; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 35, p.1483

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The interaction of the solar wind with non-magnetic planets,such as Mars and Venus, involves their ionospheres. In our 3D multi-species model, the Martian ionosphere is assumed to consist of O2+, O+ and CO2+ ions, while the solar wind is represented by protons. Chemical reactions involving these ions such as photoionzation, charge exchange, and recombination are included in the model self-consistently. The effects of the crustal magnetic field and the oxygen and hydrogen corona on the interaction process are evaluted by using a spherical coordinate system which results in an altitude resolution of 10km within the ionospheric region.

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