Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011agufmsm13f..01r&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, abstract #SM13F-01
Physics
[2721] Magnetospheric Physics / Field-Aligned Currents And Current Systems, [2736] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetosphere/Ionosphere Interactions, [2756] Magnetospheric Physics / Planetary Magnetospheres, [5737] Planetary Sciences: Fluid Planets / Magnetospheres
Scientific paper
The Saturnian magnetosphere is a rapidly rotating system populated with Enceladus-genic neutral gas. Neutrals are ionized and picked-up by the planetary magnetic field and, outside of 6 Rs radially transported outwards through the magnetosphere. Field-aligned currents couple the magnetospheric plasma to the ionosphere, transferring angular momentum to the magnetospheric plasma and creating infrared, visible, and ultraviolet auroral emissions in Saturn's atmosphere. We will review recent developments in the understanding of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling at Saturn highlighting the field-aligned current system that develops due to the radial transport of plasma and the contribution of a variable ionospheric Pedersen conductance to the transfer of angular momentum. The consistency of model results with in-situ magnetospheric measurements and both Earth-based and spacecraft auroral observations will be discussed.
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