Suprathermal Ion Composition and Periodicities in Saturn's Magnetotail

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Dec 2006

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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2006, abstract #SM31C-04

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5443 Magnetospheres (2756), 5737 Magnetospheres (2756)

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The Charge-Energy-Mass Spectrometer (CHEMS), one of three sensors comprising the MIMI investigation on Cassini, measures the mass and charge state of ions in the energy per charge range 3-220 keV/e. As the apoapsis of Cassini's orbit has rotated into Saturn's night side in 2006, CHEMS has observed periodicities and variations in suprathermal ion composition associated with Saturn's magnetotail. Eleven-hour periodicities are observed much of the time with large variations in composition as a function of energy. Enhancements above 100 keV are frequently dominated by O+ and other water group ions. We will discuss these variations and their possible causes and compare them with similar observations made in Saturn's dawn magnetosphere.

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