Physics
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Apr 2003
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EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003, abstract #13281
Physics
Scientific paper
The recent magnetic field measurements aboard Mars Global Surveyor at Mars have clearly shown that a permanent plasma boundary exist between the bow shock and the ionopause which is characterized by strong magnetic pile-up. The evidence of this 'Magnetic Pile-up Boundary' (MPB) confirms the outcome of earlier Phobos-2 measurements in which the presence of an 'obstacle boundary' was seen by different instruments. Especially, the observed change of ion composition at this boundary by ASPERA and TAUS seems to be of great importance to understand the physical nature of the MPB. Hitherto unpublished Phobos-2 data of MPB crossings at large distances are discussed. The results are compared with simple 2D bi-ion simulations considering exclusively electrostatic coupling between solar wind protons and newly generated planetary ions by the charge separation field. The good agreement with the observations indicate that the different dynamics of both ion populations is essentially for the sharp magnetic field increase at the MPB.
Dubinin Edik
Sauer Ken
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