Laboratory modelling of solar wind interaction with Lunar Magnetic Anomalies
Plasma Physics
2023-04-26 v1 Space Physics
Abstract
The paper presents results of laboratory experiment modeling the interaction between Lunar magnetic anomalies and Solar wind. To model the LMA we use quadrupole magnetic field. The main dimentionless parameter of the problem, the ion inertia length relative to the mini-magnetosphere size, well corresponds between experiment and LMA conditions. The main result is measurement of the magnetically reflected proton fluxes, which show qualitative agreement to available satellite data.
Keywords
Cite
@article{arxiv.2208.10566,
title = {Laboratory modelling of solar wind interaction with Lunar Magnetic Anomalies},
author = {M. S. Rumenskikh and A. A. Chibranov and M. A. Efimov and A. G. Berezutsky and V. G. Posukh and Yu. P. Zakharov and E. L. Boyarintsev and I. B. Miroshnichenko and P. A. Trushin and A. V. Divin and I. F. Shaikhislamov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.10566},
year = {2023}
}