Heavy ion escape from Martian wake enhanced by magnetic reconnection
Research Square (Research Square)(2021)
摘要
Abstract How ion escape from the near-Mars space is one of the biggest puzzles for understanding the atmospheric evolution of Mars. Ions in the plasma wake region continuously escape from the unmagnetized planet. Although the average ion escape rate in the wake region is relatively low, observations also have revealed the presence of events that contribute bursty and enhanced ion escape fluxes. Boundary instabilities and magnetic reconnection are suggested to be the candidate mechanisms. However, there is a lack of evaluation of ion escape caused by reconnection and comparison of the two mechanisms under a similar plasma environment. Here, we show an exciting reconnection event in the Martian wake. Two types of flux ropes are observed during the event. One was generated by reconnection, while others were produced by dayside boundary instability and convected to tail. The escape rate of oxygen ions in the reconnection region was estimated to be about 53–72% of the total tailward escape. Furthermore, the escape flux in the flux rope produced by reconnection was over twice that caused by dayside instabilities.
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martian wake,heavy ion escape,heavy ion
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