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Plasma vortices driven by magnetic torsion generated by electric currents in non-magnetic planetary wakes
Hector Javier Durand-Manterola, Alberto Flandes, Hector Perez-de-Tejada
In non-collisional magnetized astrophysical plasmas, vortices can form as it is the case of the Venus plasma wake where Lundin et al. (2013) identified a large vortex through the i…
Ejecta Speed with the Projectile Velocity less than 2 km/s
Hector J. Durand-Manterola, Alvaro Suarez-Cortés
This work is a theoretical study of the speed at which the material of an impacted target is ejected during the formation of an impact crater. Our model, starting from the first pr…
Possible scenarios that the New Horizons spacecraft may find in its close encounter with Pluto
Hector Javier Durand-Manterola, Hector Perez-de-Tejada
Next year, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft will have a close encounter with Pluto. In the present study we discuss some possibilities regarding what the spacecraft may encounter…
Lithium generated by cosmic rays: an estimator of the time that Mars had a thicker atmosphere and liquid water
Hector Javier Durand-Manterola
Lithium is overabundant in cosmic rays because protons impact on carbon and oxygen nuclei and fission them. Among the products of this fission is lithium. Given this preference for…
Free-floating planets: a viable option for panspermia
Hector Javier Durand-Manterola
Genomic complexity can be used as a clock with which the moment in which life originated can be measured. Some authors who have studied this problem have come to the conclusion tha…