Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufm.p53b..07c&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #P53B-07
Physics
[3909] Mineral Physics / Elasticity And Anelasticity, [5112] Physical Properties Of Rocks / Microstructure, [6221] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Europa
Scientific paper
We explore the application of the Andrade model to the modeling of Europa’s tidal response at the orbital period and for different librations. Previous models have generally assumed that the satellite behaves as a Maxwell body. However, at the frequencies exciting Europa’s tides and librations, material anelasticity tends to dominate the satellite’s response for a wide range of temperatures, a feature that is not accounted for by the Maxwell model. Many experimental studies on the anelasticity of rocks, ice, and hydrates, suggest that the Andrade model usually provides a good fit to the dissipation spectra obtained for a wide range of frequencies, encompassing the tidal frequencies of most icy satellites. These data indicate that, at Europa’s orbital frequency, the Maxwell model overestimates water ice attenuation at temperature warmer than ~240 K, while it tends to significantly underestimate it at lower temperatures. Based on the available data we suggest an educated extrapolation of available data to Europa’s conditions. We compute the tidal response of a model of Europa differentiated in a rocky core and a water-rich shell. We assume various degrees of stratification of the core involving hydrated and anhydrous silicates, as well as an iron core. The water-rich shell of Europa is assumed to be fully frozen, or to have preserved a deep liquid layer. In both cases we consider a range of thermal structures, based on existing models. These structures take into account the presence of non-ice materials, especially hydrated salts. This new approach yields a greater tidal response (amplitude and phase lag) than previously expected. This is due to the fact that a greater volume of material dissipates tidal energy in comparison to models assuming a Maxwell body. Another feature of interest is that the tidal stress expected in Europa is at about the threshold between a linear and non-linear mechanical response of water ice as a function of stress. Increased stress at a time when Europa’s eccentricity was greater than its current value is likely to have resulted in significant dissipation increase. We will assess how this new approach affects our understanding of Europa, and we will quantify the tidal response of this satellite and the amount of tidal heating available to its evolution. Acknowledgements: Part of this work has been conducted at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with NASA. Government sponsorship acknowledged. Part of the experimental work was conducted at Brown University, funded by NASA. MC is supported by a NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship, administered by Oak Ridge Associated Universities.
Castillo Julie C.
Choukroun Mathieu
McCarthy Carolyn Cordwell
Rambaux Nicolas
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