Mass composition of the escaping plasma at Mars Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna Supervisors: Professor Sverker Fredriksson, LTU Professor Stas Barabash, IRF Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna
Carbon-silicate cycle Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna
Atmosphere 95% CO 2 Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna
Water related features: Streamliners Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna
Water related features: Gullies
Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna Water related features: Riverbeds
Water related features: Hematite spheres
Layered rock named ‘Last Chance’ Ripple features in Earth rock Water related features: Cross bedding
Frozen lake? Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna
Gamma ray spectrometer…..finds water Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna
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Ella's mission Solve the problem with the missing carbonates! Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna
IMA – Ion Mass Analyzer A. Fedorov Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna
MEX - orbit Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna
Ion-beam event
Energy-mass matrix Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna
Mass-fitting Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna
Mass-fitting Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna
Ion-beam events Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna
Flux ratios Phobos-2 data (Lundin et al., 1989) O + escape rate: 2x10 25 s -1 CO 2+ escape rate: 4x10 24 s -1 (0.29 kgs -1 ) Submitted to Icarus Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna
Martian atmosphere Past: 1-5 bar 3 bar - 1.2x10 19 kg Present: 6.4 mbar - 2.5x10 16 kg Total amount of escaped CO 2+ (4 Gyr) 3.7x10 16 kg XUV Solar wind Intrinsic magnetic field Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna
So why is all this stuff important?
On to Mars! Ella Carlsson IRF Kiruna