The Precipitation of Energetic ions into Titan's Atmosphere

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Dec 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007agufmsm31a0244l&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #SM31A-0244

Physics

5421 Interactions With Particles And Fields, 5435 Ionospheres (2459), 6281 Titan

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The Cassini MIMI instrument has observed energetic protons and oxygen ions in Saturn's&pouter magnetosphere. These ions can precipitate into Titan's atmosphere and drive several important processes. The gyroradii of these energetic ions is large compared to the size of Titan. It is thought that Titan's induced magnetosphere should not play a role in the ion precipitation process. We test weather this is indeed the case using Monte Carlo simulations of the energetic ions. We examine the spatial distribution of these energetic ions as they cross the exobase. Calculate to what degree the induced magnetosphere affects the ion flux into the exobase as a function of the incident ion energy. We also calculate how much energy these ions contribute to Titan's atmosphere, where it is deposited and some of the consequences these precipitating ions have on Titan's&patmosphere.

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