Spatial maps of heliospheric and geocoronal X-ray intensities due to the charge exchange of the solar wind with neutrals

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A10, 2003, Pages

  Robertson, I P ^a   Cravens, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge exchange; Geocorona; Heliosphere; Interstellar medium; Spatial maps; X rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549164681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009873     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Bertaux, J. L., and R. Lallement, Analysis of interplanetary Lyman-alpha line profile with a hydrogen absorption cell: Theory of the Doppler angular spectral scanning method, Astron. Astrophys., 140, 230, 1984.
2. Bertaux, J. L., R. Lallement, V. G. Kurt, and E. N. Mironova, Characteristics of the Local interstellar Hydrogen determined from PROGNOZ 5 and 6 interplanetary Lyman α profile measurements with a hydrogen absorption cell, Astron. Astrophys., 150, 1, 1985.
3. Breitschwerdt, D., M. J. Freyberg, and J. Trümper (Eds.), The Local Bubble and Beyond, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998.
4. Costa, J., R. Lallement, E. Quémerais, J.-L. Bertaux, E. Kyrölä, and W. Schmidt, Heliospheric interstellar H temperature from SOHO/SWAN H cell data, Astron. Astrophys., 349, 660, 1999.
5. Cox, D. P., Modeling the local bubble, in The Local Bubble and Beyond, edited by D. Breitschwerdt, M. J. Freyberg, and J. Trümper, p. 121, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998.
6. Cravens, T. E., Comet Hyakutake X-ray source: Charge transfer of solar wind heavy ions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 105, 1997.
7. Cravens, T. E., Heliospheric X-ray emission associated with charge transfer of the solar wind with interstellar neutrals, Astrophys. J., 532, L153, 2000.
8. Cravens, T. E., X-ray emission from comets, Science, 296, 1042, 2002a.
9. Cravens, T. E., X-ray emission in the solar system, in Atomic Processes in Plasmas: 13th APS Topical Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas, edited by D. R. Schultz et al., p. 173, Am. Inst., of Phys., Melville, N.Y., 2002b.
10. Cravens, T. E., I. P. Robertson, and S. L. Snowden, Temporal variations of geocoronal and heliospheric X-ray emission associated with the solar wind, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 24,883, 2001.
11. Dennerl, K., J. Englhauser, and J. Trümper, X-ray emissions from comets detected in the Röntgen X-ray satellite all-sky survey, Science, 277, 1625, 1997.
12. Fahr, H. J., The interplanetary hydrogen cone and its solar cycle variations, Astron. Astrophys., 14, 263, 1971.
13. Fahr, H. J., The extraterrestrial UV-background and the nearby interstellar medium, Space Sci. Rev., 15, 483, 1974.
14. Freyberg, M. J., On the zero-level of the soft X-ray background, in The Local Bubble and Beyond, edited by D. Breitschwerdt, M. J. Freyberg, and J. Trümper, p. 113, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998.
15. 3He in the local interstellar cloud from pickup ion observations with SWICS on Ulysses, Space Sci. Rev, 78, 335, 1996.
16. Greenwood, J. B., I. D. Williams, S. J. Smith, and A. Chutjian, Measurement of charge exchange and X-ray emission cross sections for solar wind-comet interactions, Astrophys. J., 533, L175, 2000.
17. Greenwood, J. B., I. D. Williams, S. J. Smith, and A. Chutjian, Experimental investigation of the processes determining X-ray emission intensities from charge-exchange collisions, Phys. Rev. A., 63, 062707, 2001.
18. Gruntman, M., Imaging the three-dimensional solar wind, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 8205, 2001.
19. Häberli, R. M., T. I. Gombosi, D. L. De Zceuw, M. R. Combi, and K. G. Powell, Modeling of cometary X-rays caused by solar wind minor ions, Science, 276, 939, 1997.
20. Hodges, R. R., Jr., Monte Carlo simulation of the terrestrial hydrogen exosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 23,229, 1994.
21. Holzer, T. E., Neutral hydrogen in interplanetary space, Rev. Geophys., 15, 467, 1977.
22. Kharchenko, V., and A. Dalgarno, Spectra of cometary X-rays induced by solar wind minor ions, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 18,351, 2000.
23. Krasnopolsky, V. A., and M. J. Mumma, Spectroscopy of comet Hyakutake at 80-700: First detection of solar wind charge transfer emissions, Astrophys. J., 549, 629, 2001.
24. Lallement, R., J. L. Bertaux, and F. Dalaudier, Interplanetary Lyman a spectral profiles and intensities for both repulsive and attractive solar force fields: Predicted absorption pattern by a hydrogen cell, Astron. Astrophys., 150, 21, 1985.
25. Lallement, R., J.-L. Bertaux, E. Chassefiere, and B. R. Sandel, Lymanalpha observations from Voyager (1-18 AU), in Physics of the Outer Heliosphere, edited by S. Grzedzielski and D. E. Page, p. 73, Pergamon, New York, 1990.
26. Lisse, C. M., et al., Discovery of X-ray and extreme ultraviolet emission from Comet C/Hyakutake 1996 B2, Science, 274, 205, 1996.
27. Lisse, C. M., K. Dennerl, J. Englhauser, J. Trümper, F. E. Marshall, R. Petre, A. Valina, B. J. Kellett, and R. Bingham, X-ray emission from comet Hale-Bopp, Earth Moon Planets, 77, 283, 1999a.
28. Lisse, C. M., et al.. X-ray and extreme ultraviolet emissions from comet P/Encke, Icarus, 141, 316, 1999b.
29. Lisse, C. M., D. J. Christian, K. Dennerl, K. J. Meech, R. Petre, H. A. Weaver, and S. J. Wolk, First detection of cometary charge exchange emission lines from comet C/Linear 1999 C4, Science, 292, 1343, 2001.
30. McCammon, D., and W. T. Sanders, The soft X-ray background and its origin, Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 28, 657, 1990.
31. McCammon, D., et al., A high spectral resolution observation of the soft X-ray diffuse backcround with thermal detectors, Astrophys. J., 576, 188, 2002.
32. Meier, R. R., Some optical and kinetic properties on the nearby interstellar medium, Astron. Astrophys., 55, 211, 1977.
33. Mewe, R., Ionization of hot plasmas, in Physical Processes in Hot Cosmic Plasmas, edited by W. Brinkmann, A. C. Fabian, and F. Giovanelli, pp. 39-66, Kluwer Acad., Norwell, Mass., 1990.
34. Michels, J. G., et al., The helium focusing cone of the local interstellar medium close to the Sun, Astrophys. J., 568, 385, 2002.
35. Phillips, J. L., et al., Ulysses solar wind plasma observations from pole to pole, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 3301, 1995.
36. Robertson, I. P., and T. E. Cravens, X-ray emission from the terrestrial magnetosheath, Geophys. Res. Lett., 50(8), 1439, doi:10.1029/ 2002GL016740, 2003.
37. Robertson, I. P., T. E. Cravens, S. Snowden, and T. Linde, Temporal and spatial variations of heliospheric X-ray emissions associated with charge transfer of the solar wind with interstellar neutrals, Space Sci. Rev., 97, 401, 2001.
38. Rucinski, D., and H. J. Fahr, The influence of electron impact ionization on the distribution of interstellar helium in the inner heliosphere; possible consequences for determination of interstellar helium parameters, Astron. Astrophys., 24, 290, 1989.
39. Sanders, W. T., R. J. Edgar, W. L. Kraushaar, D. McCammon, and J. P. Morgenthaler, Spectra of the 1/4 keV X-ray diffuse background from the diffuse X-ray spectrometer experiment, Astrophys. J., 554, 694, 2001.
40. Schwadron, N., and T. E. Cravens, Implications of solar wind composition for cometary X-rays, Astrophys. J., 544, 558, 2000.
41. Snowden, S. L., D. McCammon, D. N. Burrows, and J. A. Mendenhall, Analysis procedures for ROSAT XRT/PSPC observations of extended objects and the diffuse background, Astrophys. J., 424, 714, 1994.
42. Snowden, S. L., M. J. Freyberg, P. P. Plucinsky, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, J. Trümper, W. Voges, R. J. Edgar, D. McCammon, and W. T. Sanders, First maps of the soft X-ray diffuse background from the ROSAT XRT/PSPC all-sky survey, Astrophys. J., 454, 643, 1995.
43. Spreiter, J. R., A. L. Sumcrs, and A. Y. Alksne, Hydromagnetic flow around the magnetosphere, Planet. Space. Sci., 14, 223, 1966.
44. Wegmann, R., H. U. Schmidt, C. M. Lisse, K. Dennerl, and J. Englhauser, X-rays from comets generated by energetic solar wind particles, Planet. Space Sci., 46, 603, 1998.