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Scientific paper
Sep 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990georl..17.1681s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 17, Sept. 1990, p. 1681-1684.
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Convection Currents, Neptune Atmosphere, Planetary Magnetospheres, Plasma Currents, Corotation, Electric Fields, Nitrogen Ions, Triton
Scientific paper
The magnetosphere of Neptune changes its magnetic configuration continuously as the planet rotates, leading to a strong modulation of the convection electric field. Even though the corotation speed is considerably larger, the modulation causes the small convection speed to have a cumulative effect, much like the acceleration of particles in a cyclotron. A model calculation shows that plasma on one side of the planet convects out of the magnetosphere in a few planetary rotations, while on the other side it convects slowly planetward. The observation of nitrogen ions from a Triton plasma torus may provide a critical test of the model.
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