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AXIOM: Advanced X‐ray imaging of the magnetosheath
Author(s) -
Sembay S.,
BranduardiRaymont G.,
Eastwood J.P.,
Sibeck D.G.,
Abbey A.,
Brown P.,
Carter J.A.,
Carr C.M.,
Forsyth C.,
Kataria D.,
Kemble S.,
Milan S.,
Owen C.J.,
Read A.M.,
Peacocke L.,
Arridge C.S.,
Coates A.J.,
Collier M.R.,
Cowley S.W.H.,
Fazakerley A.N.,
Fraser G.,
Jones G.H.,
Lallement R.,
Lester M.,
Porter F.S.,
Yeoman T.
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.201211672
Subject(s) - magnetosheath , magnetopause , physics , solar wind , magnetosphere , exosphere , bow shock (aerodynamics) , bow wave , interplanetary magnetic field , heliosphere , astronomy , geophysics , shock wave , magnetic field , ion , mechanics , quantum mechanics
AXIOM (Advanced X‐ray Imaging Of the Magnetosphere) is a concept mission which aims to explain how the Earth's magnetosphere responds to the changing impact of the solar wind using a unique method never attempted before; performing wide‐field soft X‐ray imaging and spectroscopy of the magnetosheath, magnetopause and bow shock at high spatial and temporal resolution. Global imaging of these regions is possible because of the solar wind charge exchange (SWCX) process which produces elevated soft X‐ray emission from the interaction of high charge‐state solar wind ions with primarily neutral hydrogen in the Earth's exosphere and near‐interplanetary space (© 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)