Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975jgr....80.4015a&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 80, Oct. 1, 1975, p. 4015-4017.
Physics
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Electron Flux Density, Interplanetary Space, Mariner Venus-Mercury 1973, Mercury (Planet), Protons, Channels (Data Transmission), Electron Energy, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Planetology
Scientific paper
During the Mercury flyby of Mariner 10, observations of large fluxes of energetic electrons (energies in excess of 0.3 MeV) and protons (energies between 0.53 and 1.9 MeV) were reported by Simpson et al. (1974). The reported simultaneous enhancements of protons and electrons in the magnetic field of Mercury have raised some perplexing planetology questions. It is shown here that the response of the proton detector in the Mariner 10 experiment is most plausibly attributable to the pileup of low-energy electrons rather than the presence of protons in the vicinity of Mercury. Further, the reported lower-limit electron differential spectrum exponent of at least 9 and the 300-keV electron fluxes are probably in quantitative error, especially where the count rates are highest. It is concluded that no 'new' acceleration mechanism has been identified at Mercury.
Armstrong Thomas P.
Krimigis Stamatios M.
Lanzerotti Louis J.
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