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Y. Futaana S. Barabash A. Grigoriev D. Winningham R. Frahm M. Yamauchi R. Lundin 《Space Science Reviews》2006,126(1-4):315-332
As a part of the global plasma environment study of Mars and its response to the solar wind, we have analyzed a peculiar case
of the subsolar energetic neutral atom (ENA) jet observed on June 7, 2004 by the Neutral Particle Detector (NPD) on board
the Mars Express satellite. The “subsolar ENA jet” is generated by the interaction between the solar wind and the Martian
exosphere, and is one of the most intense sources of ENA flux observed in the vicinity of Mars. On June 7, 2004 (orbit 485
of Mars Express), the NPD observed a very intense subsolar ENA jet, which then abruptly decreased within ∼10 sec followed
by quasi-periodic (∼1 min) flux variations. Simultaneously, the plasma sensors detected a solar wind structure, which was
most likely an interplanetary shock surface. The abrupt decrease of the ENA flux and the quasi-periodic flux variations can
be understood in the framework of the global response of the Martian plasma obstacle to the interplanetary shock. The generation
region of the subsolar ENA jet was pushed towards the planet by the interplanetary shock; and therefore, Mars Express went
out of the ENA jet region. Associated global vibrations of the Martian plasma obstacle may have been the cause of the quasi-periodic
flux variations of the ENA flux at the spacecraft location. 相似文献
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Junichi Yamazaki Seiji Mitsuhashi Masahito Yamauchi Junichi Tachino Rie Honda Motomaro Shirao Kazuo Tanimoto Hiroyuki Tanaka Nobuaki Harajima Asako Omori Satoshi Yahagi Shigehiro Kanayama Yuichi Iijima Hisashi Ohtake 《Space Science Reviews》2010,154(1-4):21-56
The High-Definition television (HDTV) system onboard the Japanese lunar explorer Kaguya (SELENE) consists of a telephotographic camera and a wide-angle camera that each have 2.2 M-pixel IT-CCDs (interline transfer charge-coupled devices) and LSIs (large-scale integrated circuits) of the several-million-gates class. One minute-long motion pictures acquired by the HDTV system at 30 fps (frames per second) are recorded in a 1 GB semiconductor memory after compression, and then transmitted to a ground station. In the development of the space-going HDTV system, a commercial ground-model HDTV system was extensively modified and evaluated for its suitability to withstand the harsh environment of space through environmental tests. The HDTV acquired a total of 6.3 TB of movies and still images of the Earth and the Moon over the mission period that started on September 29, 2007, and ended on June 11, 2009. Footage of an “Earth-rise” and an “Earth-set” on the lunar horizon were captured for the first time by the HDTV system. During a lunar eclipse, images of the Earth’s “diamond ring” were acquired for the first time. The CCDs and the instruments used in the system remained in good working order throughout the mission period, despite the harsh space environment, which suggests a potential new approach to the development of instruments for use in space. 相似文献
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M. Yamauchi Y. Futaana A. Fedorov E. Dubinin R. Lundin J.-A. Sauvaud D. Winningham R. Frahm S. Barabash M. Holmstrom J. Woch M. Fraenz E. Budnik H. Borg J. R. Sharber A. J. Coates Y. Soobiah H. Koskinen E. Kallio K. Asamura H. Hayakawa C. Curtis K. C. Hsieh B. R. Sandel M. Grande A. Grigoriev P. Wurz S. Orsini P. Brandt S. Mckenna-Lawler J. Kozyra J. Luhmann 《Space Science Reviews》2006,126(1-4):239-266
Although the Mars Express (MEX) does not carry a magnetometer, it is in principle possible to derive the interplanetary magnetic
field (IMF) orientation from the three dimensional velocity distribution of pick-up ions measured by the Ion Mass Analyser
(IMA) on board MEX because pick-up ions' orbits, in velocity phase space, are expected to gyrate around the IMF when the IMF
is relatively uniform on a scale larger than the proton gyroradius. During bow shock outbound crossings, MEX often observed
cycloid distributions (two dimensional partial ring distributions in velocity phase space) of protons in a narrow channel
of the IMA detector (only one azimuth for many polar angles). We show two such examples. Three different methods are used
to derive the IMF orientation from the observed cycloid distributions. One method is intuitive (intuitive method), while the
others derive the minimum variance direction of the velocity vectors for the observed ring ions. These velocity vectors are
selected either manually (manual method) or automatically using simple filters (automatic method). While the intuitive method
and the manual method provide similar IMF orientations by which the observed cycloid distribution is well arranged into a
partial circle (representing gyration) and constant parallel velocity, the automatic method failed to arrange the data to
the degree of the manual method, yielding about a 30° offset in the estimated IMF direction. The uncertainty of the derived
IMF orientation is strongly affected by the instrument resolution. The source population for these ring distributions is most
likely newly ionized hydrogen atoms, which are picked up by the solar wind. 相似文献
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R. A. Frahm J. R. Sharber J. D. Winningham P. Wurz M. W. Liemohn E. Kallio M. Yamauchi R. Lundin S. Barabash A. J. Coates D. R. Linder J. U. Kozyra M. Holmström S. J. Jeffers H. Andersson S. Mckenna-Lawler 《Space Science Reviews》2006,126(1-4):389-402
By identifying peaks in the photoelectron spectrum produced by photoionization of CO2 in the Martian atmosphere, we have conducted a pilot study to determine the locations of these photoelectrons in the space
around Mars. The significant result of this study is that these photoelectrons populate a region around Mars bounded externally
by the magnetic pileup boundary, and internally by the lowest altitude of our measurements (∼250 km) on the dayside and by
a cylinder of approximately the planetary radius on the nightside. It is particularly noteworthy that the photoelectrons on
the nightside are observed from the terminator plane tailward to a distance of ∼3 R
M, the Mars Express apoapsis. The presence of the atmospherically generated photoelectrons on the nightside of Mars may be
explained by direct magnetic field line connection between the nightside observation locations and the Martian dayside ionosphere.
Thus the characteristic photoelectron peaks may be used as tracers of magnetic field lines for the study of the magnetic field
configuration and particle transport in the Martian environment. 相似文献
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Energisation of O+ and O+
2 Ions at Mars: An Analysis of a 3-D Quasi-Neutral Hybrid Model Simulation
E. Kallio A. Fedorov S. Barabash P. Janhunen H. Koskinen W. Schmidt R. Lundin H. Gunell M. Holmström Y. Futaana M. Yamauchi A. Grigoriev J. D. Winningham R. Frahm J. R. Sharber 《Space Science Reviews》2006,126(1-4):39-62
We have studied the loss of O+ and O+
2 ions at Mars with a numerical model. In our quasi-neutral hybrid model ions (H+, He++, O+, O+
2) are treated as particles while electrons form a massless charge-neutralising fluid. The employed model version does not
include the Martian magnetic field resulting from the crustal magnetic anomalies. In this study we focus the Martian nightside
where the ASPERA instrument on the Phobos-2 spacecraft and recently the ASPERA-3 instruments on the Mars Express spacecraft
have measured the proprieties of escaping atomic and molecular ions, in particular O+ and O+
2 ions. We study the ion velocity distribution and how the escaping planetary ions are distributed in the tail. We also create
similar types of energy-spectrograms from the simulation as were obtained from ASPERA-3 ion measurements. We found that the
properties of the simulated escaping planetary ions have many qualitative and quantitative similarities with the observations
made by ASPERA instruments. The general agreement with the observations suggest that acceleration of the planetary ions by
the convective electric field associated with the flowing plasma is the key acceleration mechanism for the escaping ions observed
at Mars. 相似文献
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The Analyzer of Space Plasmas and Energetic Atoms (ASPERA-3) for the Mars Express Mission 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
S. Barabash R. Lundin H. Andersson K. Brinkfeldt A. Grigoriev H. Gunell M. Holmström M. Yamauchi K. Asamura P. Bochsler P. Wurz R. Cerulli-Irelli A. Mura A. Milillo M. Maggi S. Orsini A. J. Coates D. R. Linder D. O. Kataria C. C. Curtis K. C. Hsieh B. R. Sandel R. A. Frahm J. R. Sharber J. D. Winningham M. Grande E. Kallio H. Koskinen P. Riihelä W. Schmidt T. Säles J. U. Kozyra N. Krupp J. Woch S. Livi J. G. Luhmann S. McKenna-Lawlor E. C. Roelof D. J. Williams J.-A. Sauvaud A. Fedorov J.-J. Thocaven 《Space Science Reviews》2006,126(1-4):113-164
The general scientific objective of the ASPERA-3 experiment is to study the solar wind – atmosphere interaction and to characterize
the plasma and neutral gas environment with within the space near Mars through the use of energetic neutral atom (ENA) imaging
and measuring local ion and electron plasma. The ASPERA-3 instrument comprises four sensors: two ENA sensors, one electron
spectrometer, and one ion spectrometer. The Neutral Particle Imager (NPI) provides measurements of the integral ENA flux (0.1–60
keV) with no mass and energy resolution, but high angular resolution. The measurement principle is based on registering products
(secondary ions, sputtered neutrals, reflected neutrals) of the ENA interaction with a graphite-coated surface. The Neutral
Particle Detector (NPD) provides measurements of the ENA flux, resolving velocity (the hydrogen energy range is 0.1–10 keV)
and mass (H and O) with a coarse angular resolution. The measurement principle is based on the surface reflection technique.
The Electron Spectrometer (ELS) is a standard top-hat electrostatic analyzer in a very compact design which covers the energy
range 0.01–20 keV. These three sensors are located on a scanning platform which provides scanning through 180∘ of rotation. The instrument also contains an ion mass analyzer (IMA). Mechanically IMA is a separate unit connected by a
cable to the ASPERA-3 main unit. IMA provides ion measurements in the energy range 0.01–36 keV/charge for the main ion components
H+, He++, He+, O+, and the group of molecular ions 20–80 amu/q. ASPERA-3 also includes its own DC/DC converters and digital processing unit
(DPU). 相似文献
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Tsuyoshi Ozaki Kimiyoshi Naito Izumi Mikami Hidetaka Yamauchi Saku Tsuneta 《Acta Astronautica》2001,48(5-12)
The authors have been developing new high thermal conductivity and low moisture absorption composite pipes for high precision space optics applications on the Japanese Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) SOLAR-B satellite.Pitch based K13C (Mitsubishi Chemical) high modulus and high conductivity graphite fiber, and EX1515 (Bryte Technology) low moisture absorption cyanate resin, were applied to the pipes.Thermal expansion of the composite pipes was designed to be zero and more uniform in the longitudinal direction in order to obtain long term dimensional stability in the space environment.Model pipes whose length was 500 mm were fabricated and evaluated for thermal and hygroscopic deformation in a new testing apparatus. Equivalent coefficient of thermal expansion of the model pipes was essentially zero (less than 0.1 ppm/°C) and standard deviation of these coefficients was 0.05 ppm/°C. Hygroscopic deformation of the model pipes was under representative conditions 7 ppm over 3 month. The excellent thermal and hygroscopic stability were verified. In addition, thermal conductivity of the model pipes was more than 200 W/(m · K). 相似文献
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Three major cusp models are systematically compared with low-resolution (large-scale) and high-resolution (fine-scale) low-altitude observations. Those models are (a) global magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) models (including MHD+drift models), (b) turbulent/diffusive entry models, and (c) direct flowing entry models. Although low-resolution data are mostly consistent with MHD models, high-resolution data mostly contradicts them. The data instead supports the other models in which the cusp is considered as a local `extra' open region. This is a good lesson to us: past supportive `tests' of MHD cusp models might have essential flaws in the methodology, and high-resolution data is necessary even for large-scale modelings. 相似文献
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R. Lundin D. Winningham S. Barabash R. Frahm D. Brain H. Nilsson M. Holmström M. Yamauchi J. R. Sharber J.-A. Sauvaud A. Fedorov K. Asamura H. Hayakawa A. J. Coates Y. Soobiah C. Curtis K. C. Hsieh M. Grande H. Koskinen E. Kallio J. Kozyra J. Woch M. Fraenz J. Luhmann S. Mckenna-Lawler S. Orsini P. Brandt P. Wurz 《Space Science Reviews》2006,126(1-4):333-354
Aurora is caused by the precipitation of energetic particles into a planetary atmosphere, the light intensity being roughly proportional to the precipitating particle energy flux. From auroral research in the terrestrial magnetosphere it is known that bright auroral displays, discrete aurora, result from an enhanced energy deposition caused by downward accelerated electrons. The process is commonly referred to as the auroral acceleration process. Discrete aurora is the visual manifestation of the structuring inherent in a highly magnetized plasma. A strong magnetic field limits the transverse (to the magnetic field) mobility of charged particles, effectively guiding the particle energy flux along magnetic field lines. The typical, slanted arc structure of the Earth’s discrete aurora not only visualizes the inclination of the Earth’s magnetic field, but also illustrates the confinement of the auroral acceleration process. The terrestrial magnetic field guides and confines the acceleration processes such that the preferred acceleration of particles is frequently along the magnetic field lines. Field-aligned plasma acceleration is therefore also the signature of strongly magnetized plasma. This paper discusses plasma acceleration characteristics in the night-side cavity of Mars. The acceleration is typical for strongly magnetized plasmas – field-aligned acceleration of ions and electrons. The observations map to regions at Mars of what appears to be sufficient magnetization to support magnetic field-aligned plasma acceleration – the localized crustal magnetizations at Mars (Acuña et al., 1999). Our findings are based on data from the ASPERA-3 experiment on ESA’s Mars Express, covering 57 orbits traversing the night-side/eclipse of Mars. There are indeed strong similarities between Mars and the Earth regarding the accelerated electron and ion distributions. Specifically acceleration above Mars near local midnight and acceleration above discrete aurora at the Earth – characterized by nearly monoenergetic downgoing electrons in conjunction with nearly monoenergetic upgoing ions. We describe a number of characteristic features in the accelerated plasma: The “inverted V” energy-time distribution, beam vs temperature distribution, altitude distribution, local time distribution and connection with magnetic anomalies. We also compute the electron energy flux and find that the energy flux is sufficient to cause weak to medium strong (up to several tens of kR 557.7 nm emissions) aurora at Mars. Monoenergetic counterstreaming accelerated ions and electrons is the signature of field-aligned electric currents and electric field acceleration. The topic is reasonably well understood in terrestrial magnetospheric physics, although some controversy still remains on details and the cause-effect relationships. We present a potential cause-effect relationship leading to auroral plasma acceleration in the nightside cavity of Mars – the downward acceleration of electrons supposedly manifesting itself as discrete aurora above Mars. 相似文献