Guo, Y;
Wang, C;
Wei, F;
Sun, T;
Yu, X;
Peng, S;
Branduardi-Raymont, G;
(2021)
A Lunar-based Soft X-ray Imager (LSXI) for the Earth's magnetosphere.
Science China Earth Sciences
, 64
pp. 1026-1035.
10.1007/s11430-020-9792-5.
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Abstract
We propose to use the Moon as a platform to obtain a global view of Earth’s magnetosphere by a Lunar-based Soft X-ray Imager (LSXI). LSXI is a wide field-of-view Soft X-ray telescope, which can obtain X-ray image of Earth’s magnetosphere based on the solar wind charge exchange (SWCX) X-ray emission. Global perspective is crucial to understand the overall interaction of the solar wind with magnetosphere. LSXI is capable of continuously monitoring the evolution of geospace conditions under the impact of the solar wind by simultaneous observation of the bow shock, magnetosheath, magnetopause and cusps for the first time. This proposal is answering the call for the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program Phase IV.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A Lunar-based Soft X-ray Imager (LSXI) for the Earth's magnetosphere |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11430-020-9792-5 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-020-9792-5 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Soft X-ray imager; Lunar; Magnetosphere; Micro-pore optics |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10130615 |
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