Do intrinsic magnetic fields protect planetary atmospheres from stellar winds? lessons from ion measurements at Mars, Venus, and Earth

R Ramstad, S Barabash - Space Science Reviews, 2021 - Springer
The accumulation of detailed ion flux measurements from long-lived spacecraft orbiting the
solar system's terrestrial planets have enabled recent studies to estimate the rate of solar …

Synergies between Venus & exoplanetary observations: Venus and its extrasolar siblings

MJ Way, C Ostberg, BJ Foley, C Gillmann… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
Here we examine how our knowledge of present day Venus can inform terrestrial
exoplanetary science and how exoplanetary science can inform our study of Venus. In a …

The global current systems of the Martian induced magnetosphere

R Ramstad, DA Brain, Y Dong, J Espley, J Halekas… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Induced magnetospheres form around conductive non-magnetized planetary objects (such
as the ionospheres of Mars, Venus, Titan, Pluto and comets) in the electrodynamic …

In‐situ measurements of ion density in the Martian ionosphere: Underlying structure and variability observed by the MAVEN‐STATIC instrument

CM Fowler, J McFadden, KG Hanley… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Measurement of the dense cold thermal plasma in planetary ionospheres via orbiting
spacecraft is challenging because ion energies are small (0–4 eV), densities can vary by …

The twisted configuration of the Martian magnetotail: MAVEN observations

GA DiBraccio, JG Luhmann, SM Curry… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements provided by the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN)
spacecraft are analyzed to investigate the Martian magnetotail configuration as a function of …

A statistical investigation of factors influencing the magnetotail twist at Mars

GA DiBraccio, N Romanelli, CF Bowers… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Martian magnetotail exhibits a highly twisted configuration, shifting in response to
changes in polarity of the interplanetary magnetic field's (IMF) dawn‐dusk (BY) component …

Martian global current systems and related solar wind energy transfer: hybrid simulation under nominal conditions

XD Wang, S Fatemi, M Holmström… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The magnetized solar wind drives a current system around Mars that maintains its induced
magnetosphere. The solar wind also transfers its energy to the atmospheric ions, causing …

The effect of solar wind variations on the escape of oxygen ions from Mars through different channels: MAVEN observations

E Dubinin, M Fraenz, M Pätzold… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We present multi‐instrument observations of the effects of solar wind on ion escape fluxes
on Mars based on the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) data from 1 …

Mars‐ward ion flows in the martian magnetotail: Mars express observations

C Zhang, Y Futaana, H Nilsson, Z Rong… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate Mars‐ward planetary ions (O+ and O2+) in the Martian magnetotail that
potentially reduce the amount of escaping ions. The global properties of Mars‐ward flows in …

Modeling Martian atmospheric losses over time: Implications for exoplanetary climate evolution and habitability

C Dong, Y Lee, Y Ma, M Lingam… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In this Letter, we make use of sophisticated 3D numerical simulations to assess the extent of
atmospheric ion and photochemical losses from Mars over time. We demonstrate that the …