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Solar Wind Induced Escape on Mars and Venus. Mutual Lessons from Different Space Missions E. Dubinin Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
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Plume of PI Plasma sheet lobes BL Ionospheric (polar) wind SOLAR WIND INDUCED ESCAPE E B MEX / ASPERA-3
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SOLAR WIND INDUCED ESCAPE
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COLD IONOSPHERIC IONS FAR IN TAIL Cold ionospheric ions POLAR WIND
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SOLAR WIND INDUCED ESCAPE
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ESCAPE OVER REGIONS WITH STRONG CRUSTAL FIELDS UV background
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PLASMA SHEET P (ASPERA-3) P (MARSIS) dyn M dayside nightside some part of momentum thermal pressure
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ESCAPE THROUGH PLASMA SHEET IS CONTROLLED BY SW VARIATIONS K is momentum transfer factor (~0.1)
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CMEs IMPACT VENUS AND MARS
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MERCURY VENUS 4-5 June hours hours CME PP P M ~29 nPa P M ~5.3 nPa
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MARS (MARSIS DATA) Sequential plot for local |B|: 9475, 9481, 9482, 9487
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MARS (MARSIS DATA) Sequential plot for ionospheric peak n e : 9475, 9481, 9482, 9487
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VENUS MARS Different modes of ELS
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- OTHER OPEN QUESTIONS?
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- ION FORESHOCK ? (There are no reflected protons upstream of the nose of the Martian BS. Ion foreshock lies entirely downstrem of the subsolar point) - HOT OXYGEN CORONA? (There are no ASPERA observations of oxygen ions which could be reliably identified as originated from hot oxygen corona)
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’FILAMENTATION’ OF PLASMA FLOW AROUND MARS 2050 2100211021202130
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PLASMA FILAMENTATION IN MULTI-FLUID AND HYBRID SIMULATIONS Z, Rm Y, Rm x=0 SW MULTIPLE SHOCKLETS PROTON NUMBER DENSITY X, Rm PROTON NUMBER DENSITY XZ-PLANE YZ-PLANE
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MAGNETIC FIELD IN IONOSPHERE
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IONOPAUSE OR… ? density altitude
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WHAT IS AN OBSTACLE FOR SW ? ALFVEN SPEED PILEUP BOUNDARY PHOTOELECTRON BOUNDARY
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MARSMARS EARTHEARTH INVERTED V STRUCTURES ON MARS AND AURORA?
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DO WE UNDERSTAND CLEARLY WHAT IS INDUCED MAGNETOSPHERE? SOLAR WIND WITH ALIGNED IMF
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VENUS EXPRESS OBSERVATIONS
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FIELD CONFIGURATION (POLOIDAL FIELDS) Without flow With flow With flow and leakage of dipole field outwards
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REVERSED DRAPING OR WRAPPING EFFECT
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CURRENT PATTERN
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E + - hemisphereE - - hemisphere
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CONCLUSIONS WHILE THE IDEA OF AN INDUCED MAGNETOSPHERE AT FIRST SEEM STRAIGHTFORWARD, IT IS NOT A PARTICULARLY WELL-CONSTRAINED CONCEPT WHEN APPLIED TO VENUS AND MARS WE NEED A MISSION WITH ADEQUATE PAYLOAD TO ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS (MAVEN ?)
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BACKUP Launch, 18 November 2013 3-axis-stabilized, sun-pointing spacecraft 75 o inclination, 4.5-hour period orbit Five 5-day “deep dip” campaigns with periapsis altitudes down to the homopause (~125 km). Nominal periapsis: ~150 km Eight science instruments, grouped into three packages
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The MAVEN Science Instruments Mass Spectrometry Instrument Remote-Sensing Package Particles and Fields Package
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BACKUP
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ESCAPE FLUXES AS A FUNCTION OF SW FLUX
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OVER CRUSTAL FIELD REGIONS IONOSPHERIC EROSION EROSION IS TRIGGERED BY SOME UNKNOWN FACTORS 5th Alfven Conference, October 5, 2010, Sapporo, Japan
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ELECTRON ACCESS VERSUS TOTAL CRUSTAL FIELD E= - V x B SW By < 0 ALT, km By (IMF) > 0 By(IMF) < 0 B (400km),nT Electron Flux - B y_IMF < 0 supports electron access to lower altitudes Dubinin et al., AG, 2008 5th Alfven Conference, October 5, 2010, Sapporo, Japan
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B y (IMF) is negative MAGNETIC FIELD AT LOW ALTITUDES
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B y (IMF) is positive MAGNETIC FIELD AT LOW ALTITUDES FLUX ROPE (Zhang et al. 2012) OR ELECTROJET
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- Thermal escape of hydrogen is the dominant process Mean flux ~ 1.6 x 10 cm s 8 -2 ~ 2x 10 26 s ~ 10 26 s ?
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