Evidence for Solar-Wind Charge-Exchange X-Ray Emission from the Earth's Magnetosheath

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Jan 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007pasj...59s.133f&link_type=abstract

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Vol.59, No.SP1, pp.133-140

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Atomic Processes, Earth, Interplanetary Medium, Sun: Solar Wind, X-Rays: Diffuse Background

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We report an apparent detection of the C VI 4p to 1s transition line at 459eV, during a long-term enhancement (LTE) in the Suzaku north ecliptic pole observation of 2005 September 2. The observed line intensity is comparable to that of the C VI 2p to 1s line at 367eV. This is strong evidence for the charge-exchange process. In addition, O VII , O VIII , Ne X , and Mg XI lines showed clear enhancements. There are also features in the 750-900eV range that could be due to some combination of Fe L lines, higher order transitions of O VIII (3p to 1s and 6p to 1s), and a Ne IX line. From the correlation of the X-ray intensity with the solar-wind flux on time scales of about half a day, and from the short-term (˜10 minutes) variations of the X-ray intensity, these lines most likely arise from solar-wind heavy ions interacting with neutral material in the Earth's magnetosheath. A hard power-law component is also necessary to explain the LTE spectrum. Its origin is not yet known. Our results indicate that solar activity can significantly contaminate Suzaku cosmic X-ray spectra below ˜1 keV. Recommendations are provided for recognizing such contamination in observations of extended sources.

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