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Exospheric solar wind charge exchange as seen by XMM‐Newton
Author(s) -
Carter J.A.,
Sembay S.,
Read A.M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.201211661
Subject(s) - exosphere , solar wind , physics , charge exchange , observatory , astrophysics , astronomy , solar maximum , coronal mass ejection , solar cycle , plasma , ion , quantum mechanics
We review a selection of recent papers describing solar wind charge exchange emission occurring in the Earth's exosphere as seen by the X‐ray observatory XMM‐Newton. We discuss the detection of this emission, the occurrence with respect to the solar cycle and solar activity, and various spectral signatures observed. We also describe a model developed to predict the X‐ray signal from exospheric charge exchange as would be detected by XMM‐Newton, given the upstream solar wind conditions obtained from in situ solar wind monitors (© 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)