A north-south difference in the rotation rate of auroral hiss at Saturn: Comparison to Saturn's kilometric radio emission

Details A north-south difference in the rotation rate of auroral hiss at Saturn: Comparison to Saturn's kilometric radio emission A north-south difference in the rotation rate of auroral hiss at Saturn: Comparison to Saturn's kilometric radio emission

Nov 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3621108g&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 21, CiteID L21108

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Planetary Sciences: Fluid Planets: Magnetospheres (2756), Planetary Sciences: Fluid Planets: Aurorae, Planetary Sciences: Fluid Planets: Interactions With Particles And Fields, Radio Science: Ionospheric Propagation (0689, 2487, 3285, 4275, 4455), Radio Science: Radio Astronomy

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Broadband whistler-mode emissions, commonly observed by the Cassini spacecraft at high latitudes in Saturn's magnetosphere at frequencies below about 100 Hz, have characteristics very similar to auroral hiss observed at high latitudes in Earth's magnetosphere. In contrast to terrestrial auroral hiss, which shows no obvious rotational modulation, Saturnian auroral hiss shows a very pronounced rotational modulation. We show that the rotation period of the auroral hiss is different in the northern and southern hemispheres, with a period of about 10.6 hours in the northern hemisphere and about 10.8 hours in the southern hemisphere. To within experimental error the rotation periods in the two hemispheres match the rotation periods of Saturn Kilometric Radiation, an intense radio emission generated along the auroral field lines at frequencies from about 20 to 500 kHz. These north-south asymmetries have potentially important implications on how angular momentum is transferred from the planet to the magnetospheric plasma.

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