AXIOM: Advanced X-ray imaging of the magnetosheath
Steve F. Sembay
(1)
,
G. Branduardi-Raymont
(2)
,
Jonathan P. Eastwood
(3)
,
David G. Sibeck
(4)
,
A. Abbey
(1)
,
P. Brown
(3)
,
Jenny A. Carter
(1)
,
C. M. Carr
(3)
,
Colin Forsyth
(2)
,
Dhiren Kataria
(2)
,
Steve Kemble
(5)
,
Steve E. Milan
(1)
,
Chris J. Owen
(2)
,
Andy M. Read
(1)
,
Lisa Peacocke
(5)
,
Christopher S. Arridge
(2)
,
A. J. Coates
(2)
,
Michael R. Collier
(4)
,
S. W. H. Cowley
(1)
,
Andrew N. Fazakerley
(2)
,
George W. Fraser
(1)
,
Geraint H. Jones
(2)
,
Rosine Lallement
(6)
,
Mark Lester
(1)
,
F. Scott Porter
(4)
,
Tim K. Yeoman
(1)
1
Department of Physics and Astronomy
2 UCL - University College of London [London]
3 CCM - Centre for Cold Matter, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ,
4 NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
5 Astrium Ltd, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage
6 LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales
2 UCL - University College of London [London]
3 CCM - Centre for Cold Matter, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ,
4 NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
5 Astrium Ltd, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage
6 LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales
Résumé
AXIOM (Advanced X-ray Imaging Of the Magnetosphere) is a concept mission which aims to explain how the Earth's magnetosphere responds to the changing impact of the solar wind using a unique method never attempted before; performing wide-field soft X-ray imaging and spectroscopy of the magnetosheath, magnetopause and bow shock at high spatial and temporal resolution. Global imaging of these regions is possible because of the solar wind charge exchange (SWCX) process which produces elevated soft X-ray emission from the interaction of high charge-state solar wind ions with primarily neutral hydrogen in the Earth's exosphere and near-interplanetary space.