Martian Dust Devil Electric Fields: The Connection of Fluid Physics to Electrodynamics

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5409 Atmospheres: Structure And Dynamics, 5494 Instruments And Techniques, 6225 Mars

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It is known that dust devils generate large electric fields via tribo-electricity (contact electrification between mixing grains). By analogy, it is anticipated that the larger dust devils on Mars will also generate electric fields. In this work, we present an analytical argument for the generation of these field, starting with the basic fluid processes in the dust devil that account for grain lifting and the microscopic grain-grain tribo-charging processes through to the development of the electric field based on current flow in the dust devil. With this model, we can then predict the anticipated large scale electric fields based upon macroscopic meteorological parameters.

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