Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985jgr....90.9469s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 90, Oct. 1, 1985, p. 9469-9493. Navy-supported research.
Physics
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Io, Ion Distribution, Plasmas (Physics), Toroidal Plasmas, Astronomical Models, Oxygen, Sulfur, Voyager 1 Spacecraft
Scientific paper
The plasma state of the hot torus is studied with a local, homogeneous, steady state model described by a set of coupled quasi-linear equations for the distribution functions of S+, S++, S+++, O+, and O++. The equations contain model Fokker-Planck operators for ion-ion and ion-electron collisions, a species- and energy-independent loss rate τ-1, impact ionization of S, S+, S++, O, and O+, recombination of S+++, and 11 charge exchange reactions. The only free parameters, which are not governed by physical processes contained in the model, are the ion confinement or residence lifetime τ and the neutral densities of sulfur, ns, and oxygen, no.
Smith Robert A.
Strobel Darrell F.
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