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http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/35524| Title: | Solar wind interaction with Mars |
| Authors: | Mohan, Mahandra |
| Issue Date: | Aug-1997 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | The existence of intrinsic magnetic field at Mars is still a subject of debate. The ionospheric thermal pressure above 300 km is insufficient by itself to withstand the solar wind dynamic pressure, suggesting the presence of magnetic filed ionosphere of Mars which can either be a weak intrinsic magnetic field or an induced magnetic field driven by solar wind interaction with Mars. The photodynamical model of Mahajan and Mayr [J Geophys Res (USA), 95 (1990) 8265] for the case of magnetic field induced by solar plus ion loss via horizontal convection has been studied. It has been found that the induced magnetic field does not affect or alter the photodynamical nature of ionosphere of Mars. |
| Page(s): | 224-227 |
| ISSN: | 0975-105X (Online); 0367-8393 (Print) |
| Appears in Collections: | IJRSP Vol.26(4) [August 1997] |
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