Ion pick-up near the icy Galilean satellites

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Dec 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aipc.1302..263v&link_type=abstract

PICKUP IONS THROUGHOUT THE HELIOSPHERE AND BEYOND: Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Astrophysics Conference. AIP Con

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Satellites, Artificial, Spacecraft, Pick-Ups, Magnetometers, Plasma Flow, Artificial Earth Satellites, Spacecraft/Atmosphere Interactions, Pickup Ions, Magnetometers For Magnetic Field Measurements, Plasma Motion, Plasma Convection, Particle Acceleration

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The ion pick-up near the icy Galilean satellites is studied using ion cyclotron waves. Using Galileo magnetometer data, we show evidence for the existence of ion cyclotron waves, which are generated by pick-up of freshly ionized particles. Near Europa, in the wake various kinds of ions are detected, which were already predicted to be present on the moon. Upstream of the moon there is evidence for water ion pick-up, which could facilitate the slow down of the plasma flow. Ganymede shows evidence for either water or oxygen pick up on the flanks of the magnetosphere. Callisto shows indication of hydrogen pick-up from its atmosphere.

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