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Statistical distribution of mirror-mode-like structures in the magnetosheaths of unmagnetised planets – Part 1: Mars as observed by the MAVEN spacecraft
Cyril Simon Wedlund
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria
Martin Volwerk
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria
Christian Mazelle
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES, Toulouse, France
Sebastián Rojas Mata
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
Gabriella Stenberg Wieser
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
Yoshifumi Futaana
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
Jasper Halekas
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Diana Rojas-Castillo
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Mexico
César Bertucci
Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio, Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jared Espley
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratory for Planetary Magnetospheres, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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Short summary
Mirror modes are magnetic bottles found in the space plasma environment of planets contributing to the energy exchange with the solar wind. We use magnetic field measurements from the NASA Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission to detect them around Mars and show how they evolve in time and space. The structures concentrate in two regions: one behind the bow shock and the other closer to the planet. They compete with other wave modes depending on the solar flux and heliocentric distance.
Mirror modes are magnetic bottles found in the space plasma environment of planets contributing...
