Detached plasma in Saturn's front side magnetosphere

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Jun 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983georl..10..455g&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 10, June 1983, p. 455-458.

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Planetary Magnetospheres, Saturn Atmosphere, Space Plasmas, Electron Density (Concentration), Magnetic Flux, Plasma Density, Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Voyager 2 Spacecraft

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The author discusses plasma observations in the outer front side Saturnian magnetosphere which indicate the existence of dense flux tubes outside the plasma sheet. He suggests that flux tubes are detached from the plasma sheet by a centrifugally driven flute instability. The same instability leads to a dispersal of Titan-injected plasma. It is shown that the detached flux tubes will probably break open as they convect into the nightside magnetotail and lose their content in form of a planetary wind.

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