Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007georl..3424s06w&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 34, Issue 24, CiteID L24S06
Physics
Plasma Physics
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Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Titan, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetotail, Ionosphere: Planetary Ionospheres (5435, 5729, 6026), Space Plasma Physics: Transport Processes, Planetary Sciences: Comets And Small Bodies: Magnetospheres (2756)
Scientific paper
The interaction between Titan and the corotating Saturnian plasma forms an induced magnetosphere with an elongated Alfven-wing-style magnetotail. On 26 December 2005, the Cassini spacecraft flew through Titan's magnetotail, providing the first distant tail observation, over 5 Titan radii downstream. We examine measurements observed by the magnetometer and Langmuir probe during this pass. We use the direction of the magnetic field along the trajectory to identify the source regions of plasma reaching the spacecraft. Cold plasma, with a density of about 10 cm-3, is found magnetically connected to the ionosphere. Titan's ionosphere appears to be escaping along field lines down the tail, leading to particle loss from the atmosphere.
Bertucci Cesar
Dougherty K. M. K. M.
Ma Ying-Jun
Modolo Ronan
Neubauer Fritz Manfred
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