Reference Atmosphere for Mercury

Details Reference Atmosphere for Mercury Reference Atmosphere for Mercury

Jan 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002stin...0252431k&link_type=abstract

Technical Report, Southwest Research Inst. San Antonio, TX United States

Computer Science

Magnetohydrodynamics, Mercury (Planet), Morphology, Plasma Dynamics, Reference Atmospheres, Mercury Atmosphere, Planetary Crusts, Photoionization, Solar Wind, Argon, Helium

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The objectives of this three year proposal are: (1) to calculate the likely diffusive flux of Ar and He from the interior of Mercury for representative crustal compositions; (2) compute a reasonable estimate of the fractional escape flux of photoions for the likely range of field conditions; and (3) to calculate the capture rate of solar wind ions into the atmosphere. The morphology of the magnetosphere in response to the solar wind and the IMF is the crucial boundary condition for the flux of ions to the surface. We have tackled problem (1) using a multipath diffusion code, and problems (2) and (3) using a combination of MHD and kinetic plasma dynamics.

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