Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981georl...8..976h&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 8, Sept. 1981, p. 976-979.
Physics
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Energetic Particles, Magnetically Trapped Particles, Natural Satellites, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Protons, Galilean Satellites, Jupiter (Planet), Saturn (Planet), Saturn Satellites, Time Response, Planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Magnetic Fields, Protons, Comparisons, Flux, Satellites, Absorption, Data, Physical Properties, Models, Inclination, Diffusion, Ions, Radius, Orbits, Period, Eccentricity, Radiation, Particles, Magnetosphere
Scientific paper
The characteristic times for the absorption of energetic particles trapped in the Jupiter and Saturn magnetospheres by the respective planetary satellites are compared on the basis of Pioneer 10 and 11 data. Characteristic radiation lifetimes with respect to satellite absorption were calculated on the basis of a model of the radial diffusion of particles by the violation of the third adiabatic invariant in the presence of perfectly absorbing satellites, taking into account the tilt and offset of the planetary magnetic dipole moment vectors with respect to the spin axis and the finite gyroradii and bounce periods of the trapped particles. For energetic particles of dipole moments from 1 to 10,000 MeV/G, it is found that the Saturnian times average at least an order of magnitude less than the Jovian times, and the Jovian times increase with increasing trapped particle magnetic mirror latitude. If it is assumed that the rates of radial diffusion are comparable in the two magnetospheres, the results indicate that the Saturnian satellites are more efficient absorbers of inwardly diffusing ions than are the Jovian satellites, due to the near rotational symmetry of the Saturnian magnetic field.
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