Variability of O+, O+2 and CO+2 outflow at Mars

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Dec 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufm.p11b1219a&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #P11B-1219

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Plasma Physics

[2431] Ionosphere / Ionosphere/Magnetosphere Interactions, [5405] Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets / Atmospheres, [6225] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Mars, [7867] Space Plasma Physics / Wave/Particle Interactions

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The ion outflow rate is expected to be regulated by the processes occurring close to the exobase at Mars. Two of the more important processes that regulate the outflow are how fast ions are produced and who much energy are deposited into the ions (i.e. heating). Result from the CAPIT code will be presented where the effect of ionization rates versus energy deposition is evaluated while keeping the neutral population constant. The focus of the talk is to investigate how the ratio between O+, O+2, and CO+2 changes with different scenarios. The ion heating is assumed to be as a result of ion cyclotron waves. The wave power at the exobase is powered by waves produced in the solar wind at the proton frequency. We will investigate if the outflow ratios changes using different scenarios of how the wave power is propagating and lose energy to the ions.

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