Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
May 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003dps....35.2108s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #35, #21.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 35, p.953
Statistics
Computation
Scientific paper
Recently, plasma-induced sputtering of Titan's atmosphere has been shown to be a source of neutral nitrogen in Saturn's magnetosphere comparable to the photo-dissociation source (Shematovich et al. J. Geophys. Res. 2003). This nitrogen can become ionized contributing to the Saturnian plasma. The ionized nitrogen can then diffuse inward becoming a source of energetic nitrogen in the inner magnetosphere. The energetic nitrogen ions so formed can be a significant source of sputtering and implantation on the surfaces of the inner icy satellites.
We have developed a 3-D computational model to simulate particle interactions and generate neutral cloud densities in the saturnian system with detailed resolution of regions close to the satellite source. The goal of this model is to simulate Titan N and N2 sources, solar UV and magnetospheric electron dissociation and ionization, interactions with the Saturnian magnetospheric plasma, and a chemistry network with ion-molecule, neutral-neutral, and molecular ion dissociative recombination reactions. In this presentation, we calculate the N neutral cloud morphology produced by sputtering and dissociation from Titan's atmosphere with the associated nitrogen plasma sources. We also examine the sensitivity of the nitrogen cloud morphology to the N and N2 ejection velocities.
Work supported by NASA's Planetary Atmosphere Program, NASA's Graduate Student Research Program and the Virginia Space Grant Consortium.
Johnson Robert E.
Michael Morris
Shematovich Valery
Sittler Edward
Smith Howard T.
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