Study on plasma waves and electron density profile around the moon observed by KAGUYA in the solar wind

Author

Kasahara, Yoshiaki ; Kanatani, Kenichi ; Goto, Yasunori ; Hashimoto, Koji ; Omura, Y. ; Nishino, Masaki N. ; Tsunakawa, Hideo ; Ono, Takahito

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Natural Sci. & Technol., Kanazawa Univ., Kanazawa, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

16-23 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The moon has basically no intrinsic magnetic field and atmosphere, and plasma cavity called “Lunar Wake”´ is created just behind the moon in the solar wind. Electrons which collided with moon surface are supposed to be carried toward downstream region of solar wind forming unique electron density distribution around the moon. In the present paper, we study electron density profile around the moon at nominal altitude of KAGUYA (~100km) in the solar wind controlled by the parameters such as IMF direction and solar wind velocity.

Keywords

astrophysical plasma; electron density; plasma waves; solar magnetism; solar wind; IMF direction; KAGUYA; Lunar Wake; electron density profile; magnetic field; moon surface; nominal altitude; plasma cavity; plasma waves; solar wind velocity; unique electron density distribution; Educational institutions; Electrostatic measurements; Magnetic fields; Moon; Plasmas; Space vehicles; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI

Conference_Location

Beijing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929918

Filename

6929918