Plasma clouds in Saturn's rings

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Jul 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983icar...55..111m&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 55, July 1983, p. 111-123.

Physics

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Meteorite Collisions, Plasma Clouds, Saturn Rings, Ejecta, Expansion, Ion Scattering, Magnetic Flux, Plasma Density, Plasma Dynamics, Saturn, Rings, Plasma, Clouds, Ionozation, Vapor, Impacts, Meteorites, Collisions, Gases, Ejecta, Dynamics, Size, Density, Calculations

Scientific paper

The expansion and ionization of vapor produced by impacts of meteorites on Saturn's rings is described. There is an "impact plasma" produced in the initial collision, and a "secondary plasma" produced by subsequent ionization of the neutal gas ejecta. The dynamics of these plasma clouds, their size, density, and life time are calculated. It is suggested that large clouds, produced by meter-sized meteorites (or a collection of such clouds produced, e.g., by the impact of a swarm of meteorites) may lead to the formation of spokes by the mechanism discussed in Goertz and Morfill (1983).

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