Imaging Plasma Density Structures in the Soft X-Rays Generated by Solar Wind Charge Exchange with Neutrals

by David G. Sibeck

This book provides a comprehensive review of the soft X-rays emitted when the solar wind interacts with exospheric neutrals at Venus, Mars, comets, the Moon, and Earth. It shows how observations can be used to address research problems ranging from the nature of magnetic reconnection at the Earth's magnetopause to atmospheric loss at other planets. The book provides the theoretical basis for soft X-ray emission and describes simulations of the expected...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9402416919
• ISBN13: 9789402416916
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.3"