Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005apj...628.1086l&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 628, Issue 2, pp. 1086-1096.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
13
Atomic Processes, Molecular Processes, Planets And Satellites: Individual: Europa, Planets And Satellites: Individual: Jupiter
Scientific paper
Measurements of electron capture and ionization of O2 molecules in collisions with H+ and O+ ions have been made over an energy range 10-100 keV. Cross sections for dissociative and nondissociative interactions have been separately determined using coincidence techniques. Nondissociative channels leading to O+2 product formation are shown to be dominant for both the H+ and the O+ projectiles in the capture collisions and only for the H+ projectiles in the ionization collisions. Dissociative channels are dominant for ionizing collisions involving O+ projectiles. The energy distributions of the O+ fragment products from collisions involving H+ and O+ have also been measured for the first time using time-of-flight methods, and the results are compared with those from other related studies. These measurements have been used to describe the interaction of the energetic ions trapped in Jupiter's magnetosphere with the very thin oxygen atmosphere of the icy satellite Europa. It is shown that the ionization of oxygen molecules is dominated by charge exchange plus ion impact ionization processes rather than photoionization. In addition, dissociation is predominately induced through excitation of electrons into high-lying repulsive energy states (electronically) rather than arising from momentum transfer from knock-on collisions between colliding nuclei, which are the only processes included in current models. Future modeling will need to include both these processes.
Johnson Robert E.
Latimer Jennifer C.
Liu Min
Luna H.
McGrath C.
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