LossMechanismsHarnett
- Loss mechanisms
- Non-Thermal Mechanisms
- Photochemical Escape : Very important in current atmosphere
- • EUV + chemistry
- CO2+ +O ⇒ O2+ + CO
- O2+ + e ⇒ 2 O*
- Ion Pick-up : Carried downstream or reimpact the atmosphere
- Sputtering : May have been very important in early atmosphere
- Bulk Removal : Wave/plasma instabilities at solar wind/ionosphere boundary