Ion populations in the tail of Venus

Details Ion populations in the tail of Venus Ion populations in the tail of Venus

Aug 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995adspr..16..105v&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177), vol. 16, no. 4, p. (4)105-(4)118

Physics

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Boundaries, Flux (Rate), Ions, Oxygen, Planetary Magnetotails, Plasmas (Physics), Venus (Planet), Current Sheets, Earth Ionosphere, Mass Spectrometers, Particle Acceleration, Pioneer Venus Spacecraft, Planetary Ionospheres, Venera 10 Satellite, Venera 9 Satellite

Scientific paper

Plasma measurements in the tails of Venus showed the existence of several ion populations. Measurements performed on Venera and Pioneer Venus spacecraft at different planetocentric distances showed the evolution of the plasma parameters along the tail. Low-energy ion fluxes measured in the tail at close downstream distances, are also observed farther downstream, and show low acceleration from 0.5 RV to 12 RV. High energy ions (energetic O(+) ions) reported from Pioneer Venus Orbiter (PVO) observations in the tail at 10-12 RV seem to be the same ion component that was observed as energetic ions at the tail boundary close to the planet on Venera spacecraft. We give evidence that these ions are accelerated in the narrow shear layer near the tail boundary.

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