dc.contributor.author | Sakai, Shotaro | |
dc.contributor.author | Rahmati, Ali | |
dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, David L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cravens, Thomas Edward | |
dc.contributor.author | Bougher, Stephen W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mazelle, Christian | |
dc.contributor.author | Peterson, W. K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Eparvier, Francis | |
dc.contributor.author | Fontenla, Juan M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jakosky, Bruce M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-12-02T19:03:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-12-02T19:03:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-02-03 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sakai, S., Rahmati, A., Mitchell, D. L., Cravens, T. E., Bougher, S. W., Mazelle, C., … Jakosky, B. M. (2015). Model insights into energetic photoelectrons measured at Mars by MAVEN. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(21), 8894–8900. doi:10.1002/2015gl065169 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/22114 | |
dc.description.abstract | Photoelectrons are important for heating, ionization, and airglow production in planetary atmospheres. Measured electron fluxes provide insight into the sources and sinks of energy in the Martian upper atmosphere. The Solar Wind Electron Analyzer instrument on board the MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft measured photoelectrons including Auger electrons with 500 eV energies. A two-stream electron transport code was used to interpret the observations, including Auger electrons associated with K shell ionization of carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen. It explains the processes that control the photoelectron spectrum, such as the solar irradiance at different wavelengths, external electron fluxes from the Martian magnetosheath or tail, and the structure of the upper atmosphere (e.g., the thermal electron density). Our understanding of the complex processes related to the conversion of solar irradiances to thermal energy in the Martian ionosphere will be advanced by model comparisons with measurements of suprathermal electrons by MAVEN. | en_US |
dc.publisher | American Geophysical Union | en_US |
dc.rights | ©2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. | en_US |
dc.title | Model insights into energetic photoelectrons measured at Mars by MAVEN | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
kusw.kuauthor | Cravens, Thomas Edward | |
kusw.kudepartment | Physics and Astronomy | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/2015GL065169 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9135-2076
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4178-2729
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0758-9976 | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |