Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979georl...6..893t&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 6, Nov. 1979, p. 893-896.
Physics
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Charged Particles, Energetic Particles, Energy Spectra, Planetology, Saturn Rings, Electron Energy, Particle Interactions, Proton Energy, Radial Distribution, Radiation Belts, Saturn, Rings, E Ring, Physical Properties, Ions, Observations, Intensity, Energy, Spectrum, Distribution, Size, Diffusion, Data, Procedure, Parameters, Analysis, Absorption, Radius
Scientific paper
The paper demonstrates that information about Saturn's Ring E particle size is potentially obtainable from observations of Saturnian trapped radiation. It is shown that observations of the radial dependence of the intensities, energy spectra, electron-to-proton intensity ratio, and pitch angle distributions of energetic charged particles trapped outside of Ring A can potentially provide information (1) on the existence of Ring E, (2) on the effective size of the particulate matter therein, and (3) on the magnitude of the radial diffusion coefficient for energetic particles. A parametric study of these possibilities is specialized to the characteristics of the University of Iowa detectors on Pioneer 11 which was scheduled to make a close encounter with Saturn in 1979.
Thomsen Michelle F.
Van Allen James A.
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