Modeling the Lunar plasma wake
This thesis discusses the solar wind interaction with the Moon and the formation of the lunar plasma wake from a kinetic perspective. The Moon is essentially a non-conducting body which has a tenuous atmosphere and no global magnetic fields. The solar wind plasma impacts directly the lunar day-side...
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ftluleatu:oai:DiVA.org:ltu-17543 2023-05-15T17:04:10+02:00 Modeling the Lunar plasma wake Fatemi, Shahab 2011 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-17543 eng eng Luleå tekniska universitet, Rymdteknik Luleå Licentiate thesis / Luleå University of Technology, 1402-1757 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-17543 urn:isbn:978-91-7439-358-3 Local 3e050b44-549c-40bf-b5bb-70bac0c4c388 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Aerospace Engineering Rymd- och flygteknik Licentiate thesis, comprehensive summary info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis text 2011 ftluleatu 2022-10-25T20:54:09Z This thesis discusses the solar wind interaction with the Moon and the formation of the lunar plasma wake from a kinetic perspective. The Moon is essentially a non-conducting body which has a tenuous atmosphere and no global magnetic fields. The solar wind plasma impacts directly the lunar day-side and is absorbed by the lunar surface. This creates a plasma void and forms a wake at the night side of the Moon.We study the properties and structure of the lunar wake for typical solar wind conditions using a three-dimensional hybrid plasma solver. Also, we study the solar wind proton velocity space distribution functions at close distances to the Moon in the lunar wake and investigate the effects of lunar surface plasma absorption and non-isothermal solar wind velocity space distribution functions on the solar wind protons there.Finally, we compare the simulation results with the observations and show that a hybrid model of plasma can explain the kinetic aspects of the lunar wake and we investigate the effects of the lunar surface plasma absorption and non-isothermal solar wind velocity distribution on the solar wind proton properties there. Godkänd; 2011; 20111114 (shafat); LICENTIATSEMINARIUM Ämnesområde: Rymdteknik/Space Engineering Examinator: Docent Mats Holmström, IRF Kiruna Diskutant: Senior Scientist Bengt Eliasson, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ruhr-University, Germany Tid: Måndag den 19 december 2011 kl 10.00 Plats: Sal C, Rymdcampus i Kiruna, Luleå tekniska universitet Master Thesis Kiruna Luleå Luleå Luleå University of Technology Publications (DiVA) Kiruna |
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This thesis discusses the solar wind interaction with the Moon and the formation of the lunar plasma wake from a kinetic perspective. The Moon is essentially a non-conducting body which has a tenuous atmosphere and no global magnetic fields. The solar wind plasma impacts directly the lunar day-side and is absorbed by the lunar surface. This creates a plasma void and forms a wake at the night side of the Moon.We study the properties and structure of the lunar wake for typical solar wind conditions using a three-dimensional hybrid plasma solver. Also, we study the solar wind proton velocity space distribution functions at close distances to the Moon in the lunar wake and investigate the effects of lunar surface plasma absorption and non-isothermal solar wind velocity space distribution functions on the solar wind protons there.Finally, we compare the simulation results with the observations and show that a hybrid model of plasma can explain the kinetic aspects of the lunar wake and we investigate the effects of the lunar surface plasma absorption and non-isothermal solar wind velocity distribution on the solar wind proton properties there. Godkänd; 2011; 20111114 (shafat); LICENTIATSEMINARIUM Ämnesområde: Rymdteknik/Space Engineering Examinator: Docent Mats Holmström, IRF Kiruna Diskutant: Senior Scientist Bengt Eliasson, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ruhr-University, Germany Tid: Måndag den 19 december 2011 kl 10.00 Plats: Sal C, Rymdcampus i Kiruna, Luleå tekniska universitet |
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