Satellite sweeping of electrons and protons in Saturn's inner magnetosphere

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Jul 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980iowa.rept.....r&link_type=abstract

Progress Report Iowa Univ., Iowa City. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy.

Mathematics

Probability

Interplanetary Spacecraft, Planetary Magnetospheres, Saturn (Planet), Computerized Simulation, Particle Density (Concentration), Probability Density Functions, Radiation Absorption

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In a computer simulation, particles of various energies were followed along their orbits to determine the probability of their absorption during one encounter with an inner satellite of Saturn, giving special consideration to leapfrog and corkscrew escape factors. The time interval between encounters may then be used to yield a measure of particle lifetimes in given satellite L shells. Energy and pitch angle dependence of satellite sweeping efficiency is illustrated. As expected, the small gyroradius electrons are completely absorbed in one satellite encounter, while the large gyroradius protons exhibit varying degrees of depletion.

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