Low-energy particles at the bow shock, magnetopause, and outer magnetosphere of Saturn

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Nov 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983jgr....88.8817m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 88, Nov. 1, 1983, p. 8817-8830.

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Particle Energy, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Magnetospheres, Saturn Atmosphere, Space Plasmas, Bow Waves, Electrons, High Temperature Plasmas, Magnetopause, Magnetosheath, Protons, Shock Waves, Spaceborne Experiments, Voyager Project

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The characteristics of the dayside bow shock, magnetopause, and outer magnetosphere are emphasized in the present consideration of low energy electrons and protons measured by the Low Energy Charged Particle Experiment during Voyager spacecraft encounters with Saturn. During several of the bow shock crossings, low energy protons were observed streaming from the magnetosphere's dawnside, and in the magnetosheath, the protons were observed to be primarily oriented with pitch angles of about 90 deg. Examination of proton flux distributions suggests that the magnetopause was moving inward with a lower limit speed of 10 km/sec during the Voyager 2 approach to the planet. Intervals of diamagnetic depression observed in the magnetic field energy density during the Voyager 2 encounter nearly coincide with enhancements in the low energy-proton energy density.

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