Coates, AJ;
(2016)
Plasma Measurements at Non-Magnetic Solar System Bodies.
In: Chappell, CR and Schunk, RW and Banks, PM and Burch, JL and Thorne, RM, (eds.)
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling in the Solar System.
(pp. 259-276).
Wiley: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.
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Abstract
The solar system includes a number of non-magnetic objects. These include comets, Venus, Mars, and the moon, as well as moons of Saturn, Jupiter, and beyond. The plasma interaction depends on upstream conditions, whether that is the solar wind or a planetary magnetosphere, and whether the object itself has any atmosphere. Several space missions have explored these objects so far, with many carrying plasma and field instrumentation, and have revealed some similarities and differences in the interactions. Processes such as ion pickup are the key to the cometary interaction, but pickup is also present in many other locations, and ionospheric processes are important when an atmosphere or exosphere is present. In all cases plasma interacting with the surface or atmosphere can cause escape and modification over time. Here we will review plasma measurements at non-magnetic objects from the various missions, and summarize information about the key processes including plasma escape at these objects.
Type: | Book chapter |
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Title: | Plasma Measurements at Non-Magnetic Solar System Bodies |
ISBN: | 1119066778 |
ISBN-13: | 9781119066774 |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1002/9781119066880.ch21 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119066880.ch21 |
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: | comet-solar wind interaction; global magnetic field; Jupiter's moons; magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling; non-magnetic solar system bodies; plasma interactions; Saturn's moons; space missions |
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/1530844 |
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