Extremely high reflection of solar wind protons as neutral hydrogen atoms from regolith in space

書誌事項

公開日
2009-12
権利情報
  • https://www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/
  • https://www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license
  • https://doi.org/10.15223/policy-017
  • https://doi.org/10.15223/policy-037
  • https://doi.org/10.15223/policy-012
  • https://doi.org/10.15223/policy-029
  • https://doi.org/10.15223/policy-004
DOI
  • 10.1016/j.pss.2009.09.012
  • 10.48550/arxiv.1012.2972
公開者
Elsevier BV

この論文をさがす

説明

We report on measurements of extremely high reflection rates of solar wind particles from regolith-covered lunar surfaces. Measurements by the Sub-keV Atom Reflecting Analyzer (SARA) instrument on the Indian Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft in orbit around the Moon show that up to 20% of the impinging solar wind protons are reflected from the lunar surface back to space as neutral hydrogen atoms. This finding, generally applicable to regolith-covered atmosphereless bodies, invalidates the widely accepted assumption that regolith almost completely absorbs the impinging solar wind.

2 figures

収録刊行物

被引用文献 (24)*注記

もっと見る

参考文献 (16)*注記

もっと見る

問題の指摘

ページトップへ