Modeling the interaction of Enceladus's plume with Saturn's magnetosphere

Details Modeling the interaction of Enceladus's plume with Saturn's magnetosphere Modeling the interaction of Enceladus's plume with Saturn's magnetosphere

Dec 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007agufm.p21b0535k&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #P21B-0535

Physics

2756 Planetary Magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6033), 5780 Tori And Exospheres, 6280 Saturnian Satellites

Scientific paper

Enceladus is now known to be the principal source of particles for the E ring, the neutral torus and the populations of charged particles in the magnetosphere of Saturn. Remote sensing and in situ observations show that a water vapor and dust plume located at the south pole of Enceladus has a source strength exceeding 100 kg/s. Most of the neutral material from the plume escapes local plasma pick-up and charge exchange processes and populates the neutral torus of Saturn. In this presentation, we will study the local interaction of the water plume with plasma from the magnetosphere of Saturn. We use three dimensional Biot-Savart and hybrid models of the interaction to understand the neutral escape and ionization processes near Enceladus. A comparison of the model results with magnetic field and plasma observations is provided.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Modeling the interaction of Enceladus's plume with Saturn's magnetosphere does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Modeling the interaction of Enceladus's plume with Saturn's magnetosphere, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Modeling the interaction of Enceladus's plume with Saturn's magnetosphere will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1485167