Model of the polar ion-exosphere
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Authors
Lemaire, J.
Scherer, M.
Discipline
Earth and related Environmental sciences
Audience
Scientific
Date
1970Metadata
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A model of a polar ion-exosphere in which the geomagnetic field lines are open is developed. The electrostatic field in this region has been calculated by taking into account two fundamental conditions: (1) quasi-neutrality has to be satisfied everywhere in the exosphere; (2) escape fluxes of electrons and ions have to be equal. The density distributions are calculated for different evaporative models in the case of two (O+ and e) and three (O+, H+ and e) constituents. In addition, the mean velocity, pressure and temperature distributions of the several constituents are derived.
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Lemaire, J.; Scherer, M. (1970). Model of the polar ion-exosphere. , Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 18, Issue 1, 103-120, DOI: 10.1016/0032-0633(70)90070-X.Identifiers
scopus: 2-s2.0-0000850350
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Article
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Yes
Language
eng