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[Text] / H. Gunell [et al.] // Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion. - 2008. - Vol. 50, Is. 7. - Ст. 74018, DOI 10.1088/0741-3335/50/7/074018. - Cited References: 27 . - ISSN 0741-3335РУБ Physics, Fluids & Plasmas + Physics, Nuclear

Аннотация: We present measurements of oscillations in the electron density, ion density and ion velocity in the induced magnetosphere of Mars. The fundamental frequency of the oscillations is a few millihertz, but higher harmonics are present in the spectrum. The oscillations are observed in a region where there is a velocity shear in the plasma flow. The fundamental frequency is in agreement with computational results from an ideal-MHD model. An interpretation based on velocity-shear instabilities is described.


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Gunell, H.; Amerstorfer, U.V.; Nilsson, H.; Grima, C.; Koepke, M.; Franz, M.; Winningham, J.D.; Frahm, R.A.; Sauvaud, J.A.; Fedorov, A.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Biernat, H.K.; Holmstrom, M.; Lundin, R.; Barabash, S.

[Text] / N. V. Erkaev [et al.] // Ann. Geophys. - 2007. - Vol. 25, Is. 1. - P145-159. - Cited References: 32 . - ISSN 0992-7689РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics + Geosciences, Multidisciplinary + Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Аннотация: Mars has no global intrinsic magnetic field, and consequently the solar wind plasma interacts directly with the planetary ionosphere. The main factors of this interaction are: thermalization of plasma after the bow shock, ion pick-up process, and the magnetic barrier effect, which results in the magnetic field enhancement in the vicinity of the obstacle. Results of ideal magnetohydrodynamic and hybrid simulations are compared in the subsolar magnetosheath region. Good agreement between the models is obtained for the magnetic field and plasma parameters just after the shock front, and also for the magnetic field profiles in the magnetosheath. Both models predict similar positions of the proton stoppage boundary, which is known as the ion composition boundary. This comparison allows one to estimate applicability of magnetohydrodynamics for Mars, and also to check the consistency of the hybrid model with Rankine-Hugoniot conditions at the bow shock. An additional effect existing only in the hybrid model is a diffusive penetration of the magnetic field inside the ionosphere. Collisions between ions and neutrals are analyzed as a possible physical reason for the magnetic diffusion seen in the hybrid simulations.


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Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Bosswetter, A.; Motschmann, U.; Biernat, H.K.

[Text] / H. Gunell [et al.] // Planet Space Sci. - 2005. - Vol. 53, Is. 4. - P433-441, DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2004.07.021. - Cited References: 21 . - ISSN 0032-0633РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics

Аннотация: We present simulated images of energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) produced in charge exchange collisions between solar wind protons and neutral atoms in the exosphere of Venus, and make a comparison with earlier results for Mars. The images are found to be dominated by two local maxima. One produced by charge exchange collisions in the solar wind, upstream of the bow shock, and the other close to the dayside ionopause. The simulated ENA fluxes at Venus are lower than those obtained in similar simulations of ENA images at Mars at solar minimum conditions, and close to the fluxes at Mars at solar maximum. Our numerical study shows that the ENA flux decreases with an increasing ionopause altitude. The influence of the Venus nighttime hydrogen bulge on the ENA emission is small. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


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Gunell, H.; Holmstrom, M.; Biernat, H.K.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич

[Text] / T. Penz [et al.] // Planet Space Sci. - 2004. - Vol. 52, Is. 13. - P1157-1167, DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2004.06.001. - Cited References: 53 . - ISSN 0032-0633РУБ Astronomy & Astrophysics

Аннотация: Mars Global Surveyor detected cold electrons above the Martian ionopause, which can be interpreted as detached ionospheric plasma clouds. Similar observations by the Pioneer Venus Orbiter electron temperature probe showed also extreme spatial irregularities of electrons in the form of plasma clouds on Venus, which were explained by the occurrence of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Therefore, we suggest that the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability may also detach ionospheric plasma clouds on Mars. We investigate the instability growth rate at the Martian ionopause resulting from the flow of the solar wind for the case where the interplanetary magnetic field is oriented normal to the flow direction. Since the velocity shear near the subsolar point is very small, this area is stable with respect to the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. We found that the highest flow velocities are reached at the equatorial flanks near the terminator plane, while the maximum plasma density in the terminator plane appears at the polar areas. By comparing the instability growth rate with the magnetic barrier formation time, we found that the instability can evolve into a non-linear stage at the whole terminator plane but preferably at the equatorial flanks. Escape rates of O+ ions due to detached plasma clouds in the order of about 2 x 10(23)-3 x 10(24) s(-1) are found. Thus, atmospheric loss caused by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability should be comparable with other non-thermal loss processes. Further, we discuss our results in view of the expected observations of heavy ion loss rates by ASPERA-3 on board of Mars Express. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


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Penz, T.; Erkaev, N.V.; Еркаев, Николай Васильевич; Biernat, H.K.; Lammer, H.; Amerstorfer, U.V.; Gunell, H.; Kallio, E.; Barabash, S.; Orsini, S.; Milillo, A.; Baumjohann, W.