Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufmsm31d..02t&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SM31D-02
Physics
Plasma Physics
[5737] Planetary Sciences: Fluid Planets / Magnetospheres, [7846] Space Plasma Physics / Plasma Energization, [7859] Space Plasma Physics / Transport Processes
Scientific paper
In situ plasma measurements from the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) have provided crucial clues to a) sources of plasma in Saturn’s magnetosphere, b) heating and acceleration processes that affect that plasma, c) transport and dynamics of the plasma, and d) the plasma’s consequences. These clues include determination of the ion composition and the spatial distribution of plasma densities, temperatures, and flow velocities. They also include details of the ion and electron energy and angular distributions, which provide signatures of the physical processes that are operating. We will give a brief overview of some of the CAPS observations that bear on the important physics associated with Saturn’s magnetospheric plasma.
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