Simulations of the Coupled Interaction of the Titan's Induced Magnetosphere with Saturn's Magnetosphere

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Dec 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006agufmsm23a0281s&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2006, abstract #SM23A-0281

Physics

2732 Magnetosphere Interactions With Satellites And Rings, 2740 Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, 2753 Numerical Modeling, 2756 Planetary Magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6033)

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The inflow of magnetic field and plasma from Saturn's magnetosphere into Titan leads to the generation of an induced magnetosphere at the satellite. This interaction also leads to the loss of plasma from Titan which in turns produces mass loading on Saturn's magnetosphere. Multi-scale/multi-fluid modeling is used to quantify this interaction. The multi-scale component of the simulations allows the full incorporation of Saturn's magnetosphere, while allowing high resolution treatment of Titan's induced magnetosphere. The multi-fluid component of the simulations allows us to track the flow of light and heavy ions into Titan, and the outflow of heavy ions from Titan in the magnetosphere and the resultant mass loading and modification of the magnetospheric fields. We demonstrate that the outflow of plasma from Titan can lead to a large scale partial torus within the Kronian magnetosphere. However, because of the relatively large radial distance of Titan, convection inhibits the build up of a full plasma torus.

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