Possibility of the Existence of Trapped Radiation near Mercury
| Autor: | A. T. Lukashenko, Alexander Lavrukhin, Elena Belenkaya, Igor Alexeev |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Physics
education.field_of_study Field (physics) 010308 nuclear & particles physics Population Magnetosphere chemistry.chemical_element Astronomy and Astrophysics Radiation 01 natural sciences Charged particle Mercury (element) symbols.namesake chemistry Space and Planetary Science Planet Van Allen radiation belt Physics::Space Physics 0103 physical sciences symbols Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Atomic physics education 010303 astronomy & astrophysics |
| Zdroj: | Astronomy Letters. 46:762-773 |
| ISSN: | 1562-6873 1063-7737 |
| Popis: | The possibility of the existence of radiation belts near a planet possessing an intrinsic magnetic field and located in a stellar plasma flow is considered using Mercury as an example. An analysis is performed both using Stormer’s theory of charged particle motion, in which not the specific trajectories of individual particles, but the regions of allowed motion in an axisymmetric field are considered, and by analyzing the trajectories. The existence of trapped radiation near Mercury is shown to be possible, and the criteria for the formation of a stable population of trapped particles are formulated. |
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