Triton - Topside ionosphere and nitrogen escape

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Sep 1990

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Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 17, Sept. 1990, p. 1717-1720.

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Nitrogen Ions, Photoionization, Planetary Ionospheres, Planetary Magnetospheres, Satellite Atmospheres, Triton, Electron Sources, Exothermic Reactions, Neptune (Planet), Planetary Evolution

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The principal ion in the ionosphere of Triton is N(+). Energetic electrons of magnetospheric origin are the primary source of ionization, with a smaller contribution due to photoionization. To explain the topside plasma scale height, it is postulated that N(+) ions escape from Triton. The loss rate is 3.4 x 10 to the 7th/sq cm per sec or 7.9 x 10 to the 24th ions/sec. Dissociative recombination of N2(+) produces neutral exothermic fragments that can escape from Triton. The rate is estimated to be 8.6 x 10 to the 6th N/sq cm per sec or 2.0 x 10 to the 24th atoms/sec. Implications for the magnetosphere of Neptune and Triton's evolution are discussed.

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