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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 42, 期 21, 页码 8925-8932出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL065005
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We present Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) observations of Marsward and tailward fluxes of suprathermal (>25 eV) ions in the near-Mars (similar to 1-1.5 Mars radii downstream) magnetotail. Statistical results show that the Marsward proton flux and magnetic field draping pattern are well organized by the upstream motional electric field direction. We observe both significant Marsward proton fluxes and tightly wrapped magnetic field lines in the hemisphere pointed in the opposite direction to the upstream electric field. These characteristics are very similar to those observed at Venus. On the other hand, the net flux of oxygen ions points tailward on average in the Martian tail, while net Venusward flows of oxygen ions were observed frequently in the same hemisphere at Venus. The mechanism by which the Marsward proton flux is produced in the presence of tailward oxygen ion flux remains unclear.
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