Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3614203b&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 14, CiteID L14203
Physics
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Planetary Sciences: Fluid Planets: Magnetospheres (2756), Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetic Reconnection (7526, 7835), Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere: Outer, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Saturn
Scientific paper
Plasma ion data from the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) are examined for all orbits from October 25, 2004 through Dec. 26, 2007. To eliminate effects of incomplete angular coverage, data are only used from the CAPS anode that is closest to viewing into the corotational flow and within 20° of that flow. The data are plotted in the SKR-based SLS3 longitude system. The result is a cam-shaped distribution in radial distance and SLS3 that has an outer lobe extending beyond 20 RS at SLS3 longitudes in the range ˜270° - 50°. The western edge of this outer lobe maps to the inner extent of a previously observed spiral pattern of periodic ion enhancements, which had the magnetic signature of plasmoids at distances >35 Rs. The plasma cam and the plasmoid spiral emanating from it are responsible for plasma periodicities observed at radial distances beyond ˜15 Rs in Saturn's magnetosphere.
Burch James. L.
DeJong Anna D.
Goldstein Jeffrey Jay
Young Toby D.
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