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Acknowledgments

The author thanks Drs. W.M. Farrell, J.S. Halekas, D.J. Hemingway, M. Horányi and X. Wang for their valuable input during the preparation of the manuscript. This work was supported by NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI): Institute for Modeling Plasmas, Atmosphere, and Cosmic Dust (IMPACT). Part of this work was inspired by discussions within International Team 336: “Plasma Surface Interactions with Airless Bodies in Space and the Laboratory” at the International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland. As our understanding of the lunar plasma environment constantly evolves when new research areas are explored and old ones are revisited, the reader is encouraged to suggest to the author vital additions to the current living review.

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Deca, J. (2017). Plasma Environment of the Moon. In: Cudnik, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lunar Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05546-6_118-1

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