The solar wind proton cavity formation near Mars by charge-exchange.

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Dec 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994kosis..32..184b&link_type=abstract

Kosmicheskie Issledovaniia, Tom 32, Vyp. 6, p. 184 - 196

Computer Science

Solar Wind: Mars Atmosphere, Solar Wind: Mars Exosphere

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An ion composition boundary where the solar wind proton flux terminated was defined by measurements made during Phobos-2 mission. Here, the authors explore the possible influence of charge-exchange on the loss of solar wind protons in the Martian exosphere as the reason of such a plasma boundary. The most recent model of the Martian upper atmosphere and the flow field obtained by numerical simulation are used to provide the basis for such a scenario. This scenario shows that the calculated position of the boundary where the solar wind proton flow terminates due to the charge-exchange agrees well with the magnetopause/planetopause boundary as observed by "Phobos-2". This means that the observed boundary is not necessary an obstacle boundary as was suggested before.

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