Solar system planets observed with Suzaku

被引:6
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作者
Ezoe, Yuichiro [1 ]
Ishikawa, Kumi [1 ]
Ohashi, Takaya [1 ]
Yamasaki, Noriko Y. [2 ]
Mitsuda, Kazuhisa [2 ]
Fujimoto, Ryuichi [3 ]
Miyoshi, Yoshizumi [4 ]
Terada, Naoki [5 ]
Uchiyama, Yasunobu [6 ]
Futaana, Yoshifumi [7 ]
机构
[1] Tokyo Metropolitan Univ, Tokyo 1920397, Japan
[2] Inst Space & Astronaut Sci, Tyuou Ku, Kanagawa 2525210, Japan
[3] Kanazawa Univ, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 9201192, Japan
[4] Nagoya Univ, Solar Terr Environm Lab, Chikusa Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 4648601, Japan
[5] Tohoku Univ, Dept Geophys, Aoba Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 9808578, Japan
[6] Standford Univ, Stanford Linear Accelerator Ctr, Menlo Pk, CA 94025 USA
[7] Swedish Inst Space Phys, S-98128 Kiruna, Sweden
关键词
X-ray; Solar system objects; Earth; Jupiter; Mars; WIND CHARGE-EXCHANGE; X-RAY-EMISSION; XMM-NEWTON; 1ST OBSERVATION; DISCOVERY; JUPITER; CHANDRA; MARS; OBJECTS; AURORAE;
D O I
10.1016/j.asr.2010.09.028
中图分类号
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
Recent results of solar system planets observed with the Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite Suzaku are reviewed. Thanks to the low instrumental background and good energy resolution, X-ray CCDs onboard Suzaku are one of the best probes to study diffuse X-ray emission. An overview of the Suzaku data of Jupiter and Earth is presented, along with preliminary results of Mars. Firstly, diffuse hard X-ray emission is discovered in 1-5 keV at Jovian radiation belts. Its spectrum is represented by a power-law continuum with a photon index of similar to 1.4. This emission could originate from inverse-Compton scattering of solar photons by tens MeV electrons. Secondly, variable diffuse soft X-rays are serendipitously found during observations in the directions of the north ecliptic pole and galactic ridge. Good time correlations with the solar wind and emission lines found in the X-ray spectra are firm evidences of a solar wind charge exchange emission with Earth's exosphere. Thirdly, diffuse X-ray emission from Martian exosphere via the solar wind charge exchange is investigated for the :first time at solar minimum. A stringent upper limit on the density of the Martian exosphere is placed from the Suzaku data. (C) 2010 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:411 / 418
页数:8
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