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火星高层大气OH的非热产生和逃逸

Non-thermal production and escape of OH from the upper atmosphere of Mars

Marko Gacesa, Nicholas Lewkow, Vasili Kharchenko

摘要:

我们提出了一个理论分析的热OH分子的形成和动力学在火星上层大气中产生的热分子氢和高能氧原子的反应。高能氧的两个主要来源被认为是光化学生产,通过O $_{2}^{+}$离子的解离重组,并与快速原子产生的沉淀太阳风(SW)离子,主要是H $^+$和He $^{2+}$,和高能中性原子(ENA)之间的电荷交换碰撞的SW离子和大气气体的能量碰撞。激发碰撞的O与大气次级热原子,引起沉淀SW离子和ENA,也包括在我们的考虑。用最近的量子力学态-态截面描述了O + H $_2(v,j) \rightarrow$ H + OH $(v',j')$的非热反应,这使我们能够预测OH的激发转动和振动态$(v',j')$的非平衡分布和预期的发射光谱。一小部分产生的高温OH有足够的能量克服火星的引力势并逃逸到太空中,从而形成了热日冕。在低太阳活动条件下,我们估计了火星阳面的总逃逸通量约为$5\times10^{22}$ s $^{-1}$,约为O和H原子总逃逸率的0.1%.所描述的非热OH产生机制是通用的,并预计将有助于具有类似大气成分的行星、卫星和系外行星的大气演化。

英文摘要:

We present a theoretical analysis of formation and kinetics of hot OH molecules in the upper atmosphere of Mars produced in reactions of thermal molecular hydrogen and energetic oxygen atoms. Two major sources of energetic O considered are the photochemical production, via dissociative recombination of O$_{2}^{+}$ ions, and energizing collisions with fast atoms produced by the precipitating Solar Wind (SW) ions, mostly H$^+$ and He$^{2+}$, and energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) originating in the charge-exchange collisions between the SW ions and atmospheric gases. Energizing collisions of O with atmospheric secondary hot atoms, induced by precipitating SW ions and ENAs, are also included in our consideration. The non-thermal reaction O + H$_2(v,j) \rightarrow$ H + OH$(v',j')$ is described using recent quantum-mechanical state-to-state cross sections, which allow us to predict non-equilibrium distributions of excited rotational and vibrational states $(v',j')$ of OH and expected emission spectra. A fraction of produced translationally hot OH is sufficiently energetic to overcome Mars' gravitational potential and escape into space, contributing to the hot corona. We estimate the total escape flux from dayside of Mars for low solar activity conditions at about $5\times10^{22}$ s$^{-1}$, or about 0.1\% of the total escape rate of atomic O and H. The described non-thermal OH production mechanism is general and expected to contribute to the evolution of atmospheres of the planets, satellites, and exoplanets with similar atmospheric compositions.

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