Extreme lunar surface charging during solar energetic particle events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Halekas, Jazzman S ^a   Delory, G T ^a   Brain, D A ^a   Lin, R P ^a,b   Fillingim, M O ^a   Lee, C O ^a   Mewaldt, R A ^c   Stubbs, T J ^d,e   Farrell, W M ^e   Hudson, M K ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; PLASMA SHEATHS; PROTONS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ENERGETIC PARTICLE INJECTION; MAGNETOTAIL CROSSING; SURFACE CHARGING;

LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ELECTRON; ENERGY FLUX; MAGNETOTAIL; MOON; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 34548035424     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028517     Document Type: Article

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