O(+)-O collision frequency in high-speed flows

Details O(+)-O collision frequency in high-speed flows O(+)-O collision frequency in high-speed flows

Nov 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994jgr....9921375p&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 99, no. A11, p. 21,375-21,382

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Atmospheric Models, Earth Ionosphere, Earth Magnetosphere, Ionic Collisions, Magnetic Storms, Oxygen Ions, Solar Wind, Thermosphere, Anions, Cations, Geomagnetism, Solar Terrestrial Interactions

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Throughout much of the terrestrial thermosphere and ionosphere, the motions of the neutral and ionized constituents are closely coupled and relative velocities are small, of the order of 100 m/s or less. This is particularly true at midlatitudes to low latitudes where typical velocities in the neutral gas due to tidal forcing are only 20-50 m/s. However, the solar wind-magnetosphere interaction drives a large-scale convection pattern in the polar ionosphere. When the rapid adjustment of the plasma to changes in the solar wind is combined with the slower response of the more massive neutral gas, large relative velocities on the order of 1 km/s can exist for substantial lengths of time. This will be more common during periods of high geomagnetic activity, as a result of the greater number of magnetic substorms and other particle precipitation events. When a significant relative velocity is present, the calculation of interaction parameters of the two gases passing through each other, such as collision frequency, must include that velocity. These effects are usually neglected when interpreting wind and ion drift observations. We show how the collision frequency is affected by a directed velocity between any two gases interacting with a power law or exponential potential energy curved. The directed velocity increases the collision frequency at all temperatures for most ion-neutral interactions. For certain power law potentials, such as the charge quadrupole, the collision frequency is decreased. We present an analytic solution for the high-speed collision integral using the resonance charge exchange cross section.

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