Physics – Space Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1974
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1974rice.rept.....b&link_type=abstract
M.S. Thesis Rice Univ., Houston, TX. Dept. of Space Physics and Astronomy.
Physics
Space Physics
Bow Waves, Lunar Atmosphere, Lunar Orbits, Particle Trajectories, Shock Waves, Solar Protons, Trajectory Analysis, Computer Programs, Earth Magnetosphere, Explorer 35 Satellite, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetometers, Magnetosheath, Particle Emission, Particle Energy, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
Protons with energies ranging from about 500 eV to 3,500 eV were observed by the Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment (SIDE) on both the dusk and dawn sides of the magnetosphere. On each lunation these particles appeared as a rather continuous phenomenon for 3 to 5 days after crossing from the dawn-side magnetosheath into the solar wind and for about 2 days prior to entering the dusk-side magnetosheath. Data from the SIDE and from the Explorer 35 lunar orbiting magnetometer were analyzed and these data indicated that the transverse ion flows observed by the SIDE in the pre and post bow shock crossing regions of the lunar orbit are due to these deviated solar wind particles. A computer model based on drift trajectories for particles leaving the shock was developed and synthetic particle data produced by this model are in good agreement with the observed data.
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