Solar wind plasma protrusion into the martian magnetosphere: ASPERA-3 observations

E. Dubinin; D. Winningham; M. Fränz; J. Woch; R. Lundin; S. Barabash; A. Fedorov; R. Frahm; J. R. Sharber; A. J. Coates; N. Krupp; J. A. Sauvaud; M. Holmström; H. Andersson; M. Yamauchi; A. Grigoriev; J. J. Thocaven; K. Asamura; C. Curtis; K. S. Hsieh; B. Sandel; H. Koskinen; E. Kallio; P. Riihelä; W. Schmidt; T. Säles; J. Kozyra; J. Luhmann; S. McKenna-Lawler; R. Cerulli-Irelli; S. Orsini; M. Maggi; E. Roelof; D. Williams; S. Livi; P. Wurz; P. Bochsler; C. Dierker; M. Grande; M. Carter

doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2005.08.023

Solar wind plasma protrusion into the martian magnetosphere: ASPERA-3 observations

E. Dubinin^*
, D. Winningham
, M. Fränz
, J. Woch
, R. Lundin
, S. Barabash
, A. Fedorov
, R. Frahm
, J. R. Sharber
, A. J. Coates
, N. Krupp
, J. A. Sauvaud
, M. Holmström
, H. Andersson
, M. Yamauchi
, A. Grigoriev
, J. J. Thocaven
, K. Asamura
, C. Curtis
, K. S. Hsieh

B. Sandel, H. Koskinen, E. Kallio, P. Riihelä, W. Schmidt, T. Säles, J. Kozyra, J. Luhmann, S. McKenna-Lawler, R. Cerulli-Irelli, S. Orsini, M. Maggi, E. Roelof, D. Williams, S. Livi, P. Wurz, P. Bochsler, C. Dierker, M. Grande, M. Carter

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Physics

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Southwest Research Institute
Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Centre d'Etudes Supérieures de la Renaissance
University College London
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
University of Arizona
University of Helsinki
Finnish Meteorological Institute
University of Michigan
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
INAF-Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario
Johns Hopkins University
Central Laboratory of Applied Physics
University of Bern
Braunschweig University of Art
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley

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Abstract

The ASPERA-3 experiment onboard the Mars Express spacecraft revealed, near the wake boundary of Mars, a spatially narrow, strip-like plasma structure composed of magnetosheath-like electrons and planetary ions. The peak electron energy often exceeds the peak energy at the bow shock that indicates a significant heating (acceleration) during the structure formation. It is shown that this structure is formed during efficient plasma penetration into the martian magnetosphere in the region near the terminator. The penetration of sheath electrons and their gradual heating (acceleration) is accompanied by a change of the ion composition from a solar wind plasma to a planetary plasma dominated by oxygen ions. A possible mechanism of plasma inflow to the magnetosphere is discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	343-349
Number of pages	7
Journal	Icarus
Volume	182
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2005.08.023
Publication status	Published - Jun 2006

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Mars

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Dubinin, E., Winningham, D., Fränz, M., Woch, J., Lundin, R., Barabash, S., Fedorov, A., Frahm, R., Sharber, J. R., Coates, A. J., Krupp, N., Sauvaud, J. A., Holmström, M., Andersson, H., Yamauchi, M., Grigoriev, A., Thocaven, J. J., Asamura, K., Curtis, C., ... Carter, M. (2006). Solar wind plasma protrusion into the martian magnetosphere: ASPERA-3 observations. Icarus, 182(2), 343-349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2005.08.023

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