The 3-year Solar Wind Charge Exchange Campaign with Suzaku: preliminary results
Résumé
We performed a 3-year monitoring campaign of the Solar Wind Charge Exchange (SWCX) heliospheric emission with Suzaku. We targeted four nearby (~100 pc) high column density clouds that absorb the X-ray contribution from distant sources so that the leftover signal has local origin (and is expected to be dominated by SWCX). The targets have been selected for their position in the sky, in order to maximize the latitude and longitude range, to model how SWCX depends on the distribution of neutrals, and to follow the seasonal variations of the SWCX. Here we present the results of data analysis of the three years of observations and we show how they compare with existing models.