On ion outflows from Titan's exosphere

Details On ion outflows from Titan's exosphere On ion outflows from Titan's exosphere

Sep 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001georl..28.3405c&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 28, Issue 17, p. 3405-3408

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Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere Interactions With Satellites And Rings, Planetology: Fluid Planets: Atmospheres-Composition And Chemistry, Planetology: Fluid Planets: Ionospheres, Planetology: Solar System Objects: Saturnian Satellites

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A comprehensive chemical model is applied to Titan's ionosphere in combination with a three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic model of the plasma flow in Titan's vicinity. The calculation shows that in the wake region the ionospheric plasma should concentrate in a thin sheet of a vertical thickness of 0.1-0.2 Titan radius. The major ions are C2H5+, H2CN+ and CH5+. These carbon- and nitrogen-based molecular ions can be used as a tracer of the magnetospheric dynamical processes.

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