Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1983
Abstract
The escape rate of nitrogen from Mars is calculated to be 2.3×105 s−1 for low solar flux conditions and 8.9×105 s−1 for high solar flux conditions. The major source of energetic atoms is dissociative recombination of ground state and vibrationally excited N2+ ions. The measured 15N/14N isotope ratio can be reproduced by postulating an early dense atmosphere during which little differentiation occurred.
Repository Citation
Fox, J. L.,
& Dalgarno, A.
(1983). Nitrogen Escape from Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 88 (A11), 9027-9032.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/physics/293
DOI
10.1029/JA088iA11p09027
Comments
Copyright © 1983 by the American Geophysical Union.
The following article appeared in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 88(A11), and may be found at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/JA088iA11p09027/full
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