Factors controlling the location of the Martian magnetic pileup boundary

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Apr 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003eaeja.....4467c&link_type=abstract

EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003, abstract #4467

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The magnetic pileup boundary (MPB) at Mars is the position where the dominant ion of the plasma changes from solar wind protons to heavy ions of planetary origin. As such, it is the obstacle to solar wind ions. We investigate the factors that influence the shape and position of the magnetic pileup boundary at Mars in order to better understand the Martian obstacle to the solar wind. Employing MGS data, we determine how the Martian MPB moves in response to factors including solar wind pressure and crustal magnetic fields. We also study the factors affecting the thickness of the MPB. Further, we compare the magnetic pileup boundary to the magnetic barrier at Venus. Direct comparison aids in our interpretation of the physics involved in the solar wind interaction with planets lacking a significant intrinsic magnetic field.

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