Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986apj...310..927b&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 310, Nov. 15, 1986, p. 927-936.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Earth Magnetosphere, Natural Satellites, Neutral Particles, Solar Planetary Interactions, Solar Wind, Cometary Atmospheres, Cometary Magnetospheres, Gas Ionization, Ion Cyclotron Radiation, Ionic Reactions, Jupiter Atmosphere, Saturn Atmosphere, Titan
Scientific paper
Ion-neutral charge exchange reactions occurring in planetary magnetospheres produce a copious supply of fast neutrals in the form of high-speed magnetospheric neutral winds. Theoretical models of such processes and their subsequent effects on the solar wind are investigated. Source strengths for emission from earth's ring current (10 to the 25th - 10 to the 26th/s), Jupiter's Io plasma torus (1-2 x 10 to the 28th/s), and both the Dione-Tethys torus and the Titan hydrogen torus (10 to the 26th - 10 to the 27th/s) of Saturn are evaluated. The effects of an extensive atomic nitrogen cloud surrounding the orbit of Titan are also considered in connection with the Saturnian aurora. Reionization and pickup of sulfur atoms in the circumplanetary region of Jupiter lead to a small mass-loading effect on the solar wind velocity (less than 10 percent); however, the heat input is substantial, resulting in a large increase in the effective ion temperature (not less than 100 percent). The pickup ion model is also applied tot the generation of electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves in the local neighborhood of the central body. The model suggests the preferential excitation of left-hand-polarized waves in regions where the solar wind-magnetic field angle is large (outer sheath) and right-hand waves in regions where the angle is small (near-tail).
Barbosa Domingos
Eviatar Aharon
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