Plasma distribution and electric fields behind the Moon

✍ Scribed by N. Borisov; U. Mall

• Book ID: 104338013
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 173 KB
• Volume: 265
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0375-9601
• DOI: 10.1016/s0375-9601(99)00852-x

✦ Synopsis

A simple self-consistent model based on a kinetic approach is introduced to describe plasma distribution and electric field behind the Moon. It is shown that large-scale electrostatic perturbations are excited both in the optical and magnetic shadows of the Moon.