Physics
Scientific paper
May 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agusm.p31a..05s&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2008, abstract #P31A-05
Physics
2732 Magnetosphere Interactions With Satellites And Rings, 2740 Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, 5443 Magnetospheres (2756), 6261 Triton, 6280 Saturnian Satellites
Scientific paper
As described in Bertucci et al. [2007] Saturn's magnetic field is stretched out into a magnetodisk configuration where the field is confined near the equatorial plane with Titan below the current sheet. As discussed in Maurice et al. [1996] for Jupiter's outer magnetosphere where magnetodisk configuration applies the heavy ions are confined within 2 deg of the current sheet and at higher latitudes protons dominate. We show compositional evidence from the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) Ion Mass Spectrometer (IMS) that protons dominate the ion composition for the upstream flow, while in pickup region H2+ and protons dominate. If true, then we expect a far different interaction between Saturn's magnetosphere and Titan's upper atmosphere and exosphere, where heavy ions are essentially absent. 1.0 Bertucci, C., et al., GRL, Vol. 34, L24S02, 2007. 2.0 Maurice, S., et al., PSS, Vol. 45, No. 11, 1449-1465, 1997.
Bertucci Cesar
Coates Allison
Hartle Richard E.
Lipatov Alexander
Shappirio M.
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