Non-thermal escape of molecular hydrogen from Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Gacesa, M ^a,b   Zhang, P ^a   Kharchenko, V ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SATELLITES; SOLAR ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC ESCAPE; ATOMIC OXYGEN; CROSS SECTION; DISSOCIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; ESCAPE RATE; LIGHT MOLECULES; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; MOLECULAR EJECTION; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; NONTHERMAL; OXYGEN PRODUCTION; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CALCULATION; ROTATIONAL STATE; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

MOLECULES;

CORONA; ENERGY FLUX; HYDROGEN; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SATELLITE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; ROTATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 84861373555     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL050904     Document Type: Article

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