Open AccessExplaining the Missing Energy in Mars’s Electrons
Author(s) -
Mark von Zastrow
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo136213
Subject(s) - mars exploration program , electron , astrobiology , energy (signal processing) , physics , quantum mechanics
Electrons energized and trapped at Mars were thought to lose energy inside the planet’s magnetosheath, but new research suggests a different explanation of spacecraft data.