Bulletin of the American Physical Society
85th Annual Meeting of the APS Southeastern Section
Volume 63, Number 19
Thursday–Saturday, November 8–10, 2018; Holiday Inn at World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, Tennessee
Session D05: Poster Session (6:00pm-7:30pm)
6:00 PM,
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Holiday Inn Knoxville Downtown
Room: Atrium
Abstract ID: BAPS.2018.SES.D05.72
Abstract: D05.00072 : Our Magnetic Moon*
Presenter:
Dany Waller
(Univ of Kentucky)
Authors:
Dany Waller
(Univ of Kentucky)
Dhananjay Ravat
(Univ of Kentucky)
Lunar swirls are complex optical structures on the Moon with distinct albedo signatures. They occur in both mare and highland terrain, and are strongly correlated with crustal magnetic anomalies. Recent research has suggested the formation of lunar swirls is related to the shielding of solar wind from these magnetic anomalies, through a shift in certain electromagnetic wavelength peaks relative to the surrounding regolith. We have combined current models and methods to investigate how diffuse patterns could form, exploring the effect of field superposition from several weak, permanently magnetized crustal sources. We are working on a model of diffuse swirl formation using dipole and electric field modeling, with current emphasis on Reiner Gamma.
*This material was supported by NASA grants NNX16AJ99G and NNX16AN51G.
To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2018.SES.D05.72
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